If you can find it on a map, you may know that the sun rarely shines in North Dakota, that few people live there and that it's supposedly the least-visited state in the US.
The Peace Garden State, however, hosts one attraction that turns heads and demands to be photographed. The Enchanted Highway is a metal sculpture trail off Interstate 94 that lines a winding, 50km stretch leading to the farming village of Regent (population 250).
The trail consists of six works (Geese in Flight, Deer Crossing, Grasshopper's Delight, Teddy Rides Again, Pheasants on the Prairie and The Family). Fisherman's Dream is due to be added any day. Coming soon are Spider Web, Eagle and Coyote.
The man responsible for all this is Gary Greff, a folk artist with a broad grin and a bouncy twang. He says that standing beneath his statues is awe-inspiring. One visitor told him that, had his life ended before he'd seen the Enchanted Highway, he would have died a poorer man.
Raised in Regent, Greff worked as a teacher in North Dakota and Montana for 16 years before returning in 1989 to sell 'tearless' onions. The scheme flopped, but by then his plans for Regent were taking shape.
At the time, the area's small farmers were quitting or being absorbed by bigger operations. The community was declining. 'This trend had to stop,' Greff says. 'How, was the question.' One day on a drive he noticed how many people stopped and took photos of a roadside scarecrow strongman hoisting a hay bale.