Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.

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

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

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

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

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

An urban laboratory.

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 larger-than-life version of the hat beloved by hunters, outdoorsmen, and Holden Caulfield.

The largest ski jump in the Western Hemisphere hasn't hosted skiers in decades.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

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

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.