14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

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

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

Only place outside China and India where two overhead DC power lines cross.

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

This strangely specific landmark will let travelers know when they are half way there.

Canada's accused-traitor-turned-folk-hero is buried under a red stone in a ring of his own.

A statue in a Canadian zoo remembers the WWI origins of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh.

Mysterious concrete spires left on a small Canadian hill.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

A rim-made reptile in North Dakota.

The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.

A cozy cafe tells the remarkable story of how one man started with a little red paperclip and wound up with an entire house.

This notorious Canadian mental institution was home to some of the first LSD experiments and origin of the word "psychedelic."

A broken man's homemade, seaworthy ship rests in the middle of the Canadian prairie.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.