14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

Three playfully immersive mini golf courses let you travel alongside your ball to the cup at this facility, which has been around since the 1950s.

Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

The secluded resting place of a local historical figure who perished during the sinking of the Titanic.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

The site of an ancient Mississippian settlement that appears to have flourished during the 10th to 13th centuries.

The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.