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 dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

During World War II the Thorp building was guarded by the OSS, FBI, and US Navy because of the top-secret bombsight being produced there.

After four years of grasshopper plagues, this chapel was erected as a plea to God to make them end.

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.

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

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

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

Where you can photograph wild black bears without worrying about becoming dinner.

Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

A lone bronze figure stands in memory of historic a 19th century land grab.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

A 17th-century doorway in a small Sabine village is a portal into the mysteries of alchemy.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.