This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

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.

Summer in the "Turtle Racing Capital of the World" means rousing weekly reptile races.

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

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

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."

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

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

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

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

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

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

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

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...

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.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

Two hula hoops appeared on the tree after a storm, and the collection kept growing.