Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.

Sculpture garden and miniature golf course blend together in the oversized backyard of a Minnesota sculptor.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

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

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

This century-old barn is home to a homey, eclectic film festival.

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

A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

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

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

A surprising, but overlooked example of geology in the middle of the nation’s capital.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.