Philip, South Dakota
Giant Prairie Dog
A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.
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Philip, South Dakota
A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.
Garrison, North Dakota
Wally is the 26-foot-long fiberglass emissary for Garrison, North Dakota, one of the self-proclaimed (and hotly contested) Walleye Capitals of the World.
Trempealeau, Wisconsin
A giant fiberglass catfish welcomes visitors to this Wisconsin river town and heralds its annual Catfish Days festival.
Maribel, Wisconsin
These rural ruins are of a Midwestern hotel that was once an elegant spa for the wealthy, then a gangster’s hideaway, and finally a haunted retreat.
Madison, Wisconsin
Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.
Verona, Wisconsin
Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.
Plainfield, Wisconsin
Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.
Middleton, Wisconsin
More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.
Spring Hill, Florida
A live oak beside a Florida bike trail has become a shimmering, musical memorial.
Onalaska, Wisconsin
This giant fiberglass sunfish welcomes visitors to Onalaska, Wisconsin, the "Sunfish Capital of the World."
Athens, Wisconsin
The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
The Fun Farm weaves fairy tales, myths, and magic into a magnificent collection for visitors to explore.
Columbus, Ohio
Known locally as "the giant head," this 14-foot LED sculpture has a photo booth in the neck where you can have a 3D picture taken and displayed.
Columbus, Ohio
This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.
Westerville, Ohio
Artifacts fill the old headquarters of the hugely influential political movement to ban alcohol in the United States.
Sparta, Wisconsin
These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.
Crow Agency, Montana
A memorial to the most decisive Native American victory of the Plains Indian War.
Cut Bank, Montana
A colossal concrete penguin announces this Montana town as the coldest spot in America. But is it really?
Polson, Montana
With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."
Arlee, Montana
This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.
Boulder, Montana
This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.
Fort Yates, North Dakota
This stone, said to have once been a young woman, is sacred to the Dakota and Lakota nations.
Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin
Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.