The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

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

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.

A piece of solitude and tranquility in the heart of East Saint Paul.

Vice President Humphrey's final resting place is tucked away in this cemetery along with a few other notable figures.

For posterity, a singular achievement: 3,780 hours of dancing.

This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

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

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

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.

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

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

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

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.