This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.

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

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

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

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

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

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

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.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

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

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

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

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

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

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

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...

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

Ever wanted to can Spam?

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

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

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.