This is not your typical jungle gym.

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.

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

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 treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.

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

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

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

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

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.

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

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.

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

A Foundry on a Sleepy Street.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

The site of the worst mining disaster in Ohio's history.

At the center of this cemetery stands a 2,000-year-old burial mound of the Adena culture.

One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.

Learn about the history and craftsmanship of carousels inside this museum located in a former post office.

An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.