The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

The building was originally a gas station built to resemble a Japanese tea house.

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

This baseball diamond was home to the Rockford Peaches, a team featured in the hit film "A League of Their Own."

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.