San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A nerdcentric group and creators of the Nerd Prom.

A warehouse for all of your architectural details.

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

Explore the History & Technology of Electronic Communication

The Art Deco Silver Screen.

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

This unassuimng grain elevator, commonly confused for a smokestack, helped inspire the modern architecture movement.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

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

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

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

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

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

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

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

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

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

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

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.