A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

In an alley behind a Fargo bar, you can roleplay as Mario while interacting with a popular street mural.

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

Annual convention held by the largest pyrotechnic community in the world.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

The world's largest Holstein cow.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.