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.

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

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

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

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

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.

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

A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.

A warehouse for all of your architectural details.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

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