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.

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

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

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

Hidden in the grounds of the Fort Dodge Museum is a "real" and terrifying petrified giant.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

The world's largest floating loon bobs in the lake to kick off an annual festival.

Home to a vast collection of The Wizard of Oz memorabilia and the site of an infamous theft.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

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

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

A warehouse for all of your architectural details.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

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

The oldest remaining frame residence in Minneapolis.

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

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

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.