These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

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

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

Its collection contains relics from the devastating disaster that set the town ablaze.

A stone face watches over the river.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.

Triangular House built on a leafy residential street in St. Paul.

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

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

Where the notorious gang lived while on the run from the FBI.

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

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

Built in 1931, this small passageway is believed to be the first modern skyway.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

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

This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.