This once prosperous community was home to European settlers and the Ojibwe.

From burial ground bocce ball court.

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

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.

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

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

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

An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

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

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

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

No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

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

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.