Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

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

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

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

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.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.