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

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

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

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

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

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

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

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

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

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.

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

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

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

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.

The structure has welcomed visitors to this scenic harbor city on Lake Michigan for many decades.

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

This tribute to a local man towers within a quaint lakeside park.

This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

Everyone's invited to put on a miniature concert with this world-class musical wonder.

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.