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

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

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

An entire home filled with over 3,000 pieces of Santa memorabilia in glass cases, walls, on Christmas trees, and even in the bathroom.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.