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.

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

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

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

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

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

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

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

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

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

A Foundry on a Sleepy Street.

Sleepy Minneapolis block beats Guinness Record for most churches on one city block.

A stone face watches over the river.

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.

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

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

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.