A hidden oasis in the heart of Minneapolis is also an Important Bird Area.

The oldest remaining frame residence in Minneapolis.

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

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.

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

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

Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.

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

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

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

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

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

Sleepy Minneapolis block beats Guinness Record for most churches on one city block.

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

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.

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

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

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

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

Other-worldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.