This museum is dedicated to preserving Minnesota's lake culture through displays of vintage watercraft and rotating exhibits.

Hunting trophies and antique guns make up the unusual display at this Minnesota bank building.

An underappreciated sculpture garden just a few blocks from the capitol building.

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

A piece of solitude and tranquility in the heart of East Saint Paul.

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

An abandoned bus station transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of Greyhound Lines, in the place where it all began.

Where you can photograph wild black bears without worrying about becoming dinner.

Home to a vast collection of The Wizard of Oz memorabilia and the site of an infamous theft.

1887 era Russian Orthodox church in Minneapolis.

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

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

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

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

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

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

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.