This unassuimng grain elevator, commonly confused for a smokestack, helped inspire the modern architecture movement.

Nicknamed the 'Minnehaha Bunny,' this bronze sculpture is nine feet long and weighs 1,500 pounds.

The country’s largest boat parade honors an infamous Spanish pirate—who never actually existed.

This stone tower was built to protect Crete from incoming pirates.

A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

The modest, restored home of the legendary ragtime musician John William "Blind" Boone.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.

Dedicated to a colonial woman who was hanged for being a Quaker.

First crafted during the 19th century, the mill was fully restored in 1983.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

Hundreds of graffiti artists have decorated this flood-wall on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

The World's Largest Bull.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

The world's largest talking cow would like to tell you about the benefits of 100% Wisconsin dairy products, if only she still could.

This odd-shaped relic from the 1964 New York World's Fair found its way back home to Wisconsin.