A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

Hidden in the grounds of the Fort Dodge Museum is a "real" and terrifying petrified giant.

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

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

Every winter, dozens of otherworldly ice structures sprout up from a rigged up artesian well.

As the glaciers retreated out of northern Wisconsin, this unique natural wonder was crafted.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

In 1953, a group of Wisconsin high school students helped build a hospital by collecting over a million pennies.

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.

Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

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

Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.

A wonderland of caves in eastern Iowa.

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

A collection of art crafted from various hardware tools.

The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.

This graveyard is home to the so-called "Witch's Circle."

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.