A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

The evolution of recreational vehicles and motorhomes is on display in the “RV capital of the world."

A concrete block embedded with thousands of pulled teeth was created by a local dentist to memorialize his dog.

A rural hall of justice holds the world's only comic book and superhero museum.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

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

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

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.

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