A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

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

One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

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

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

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

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

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

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

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.

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

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

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