For over a century, it was a crucial center of mental health treatment and also the source of many local legends.

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

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

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

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...

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 butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

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

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

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

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

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

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