Expansive and colorful studio of Minneapolis art-star, Doug Padilla.

A palatial art deco restroom.

The Art Deco Silver Screen.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

A stone face watches over the river.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

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

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The U.S.' first commercial park dedicated entirely to flying drones.

A celebration of one of the West End’s most recognizable figures, who made helping others his life's work.

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

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

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

Home of St. Urho, the fictional patron saint of Finland.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

The world's largest woodcarving collection includes dozens of Bible scenes and a wooden bestiary, all carved by one man.

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

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

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

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.