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17 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Museum of Quackery and Medical Frauds

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

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The entrance to the caves in St. Paul.

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Wabasha Street Caves

Mushrooms, gangsters ... disco?

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NWA inflatable plane balloon

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Ax-Man Surplus

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

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The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory in Como Park, built in 1915.

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Marjorie McNeely Conservatory (Como Park)

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.

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Items on display.

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Center for Lost Objects

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

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Birthplace of F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Birthplace of F. Scott Fitzgerald

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

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Tons of items

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Studio Payne Art Gallery and Oddities Shop

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

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Streicher 1869 Grand Piano on display in the museum.

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Schubert Club Museum of Musical Instruments

A collection of pianos and more guaranteed to delight anyone interested in music history.

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