This landmark honoring a local beer brand is an iconic part of the Minneapolis skyline.

This unassuimng grain elevator, commonly confused for a smokestack, helped inspire the modern architecture movement.

The childhood home of America’s first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

A memorial to the late U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, who died at this location, along with seven others, in a plane crash in 2002.

This museum is dedicated to preserving Minnesota's lake culture through displays of vintage watercraft and rotating exhibits.

This early 20th-century rural drinking fountain provides water for both horses and humans.

A roadside statue store in rural Minnesota with quirky displays.

This 25-foot-tall statue was built as a protest to a property dispute.

This friendly fellow was built to honor an advancement in mineral processing.

Originally built by the Works Progress Administration, this park was recently saved from demolition.

Hunting trophies and antique guns make up the unusual display at this Minnesota bank building.

A chimney and a plaque are all that remains of a logging camp that once cleared out a large swath of Minnesota's old-growth forest.

The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.

This cairn in the shape of a woman has looked over a tiny Minnesota town for well over a century.

Nicknamed the "Grand Canyon of the North," this open-pit mine in Minnesota has a much shorter history.

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

This sculpture is dedicated to Minnesota natives who served in combat.

Where one of America's greatest songwriters lived before he was Bob Dylan.

This plaque marks the spot where the first crossing guards helped get kids safely to school.

This 85-year-old fireplace in an urban woodland is dedicated to a poet who recognized the beauty of a tree.

Home to a 26-foot-tall statue of an American icon.

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.

This double-arched masonry highway bridge is the only structure of its kind in Minnesota.