Annual convention held by the largest pyrotechnic community in the world.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

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

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.

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

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

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

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

A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.

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

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

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.

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

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 basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

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

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

A collection of pianos and more guaranteed to delight anyone interested in music history.

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