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

Each of these 87 large stones has a unique message. Together, they form part of the Minnesota Military Family Tribute.

An underappreciated sculpture garden just a few blocks from the capitol building.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Sleepy Minneapolis block beats Guinness Record for most churches on one city block.

A palatial art deco restroom.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.