The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

A little-known memorial to servicemen and nurses killed in the line of duty during the First World War.

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

Home of St. Urho, the fictional patron saint of Finland.

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

The largest Walleye statue in the world calls this Minnesota town home.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

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

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

Ever wanted to can Spam?

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

This 85-year-old fireplace in an urban woodland is dedicated to a poet who recognized the beauty of a tree.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

The world's largest floating loon bobs in the lake to kick off an annual festival.

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

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

For over a century, it was a crucial center of mental health treatment and also the source of many local legends.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.