The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.

Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

Known locally as "the giant head," this 14-foot LED sculpture has a photo booth in the neck where you can have a 3D picture taken and displayed.

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

Ornate and vibrant, this temple is a colorful place of worship for Columbus's Thai and Laotian communities.

Three bronze deer sculptures relax along the Scioto Mile.

This small plaza encourages people diagnosed with cancer to never give up hope.

A 2,000-year-old Adena burial mound located along a busy street in Columbus, Ohio.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

A hidden oasis in the heart of Minneapolis is also an Important Bird Area.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

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

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

A piece of solitude and tranquility in the heart of East Saint Paul.

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

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

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

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

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.