Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

This tiny Minnesota city tried to secede from the Union as a last-ditch effort to fix its crumbling water system.

After four years of grasshopper plagues, this chapel was erected as a plea to God to make them end.

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

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

A Norwegian church that was built before Wisconsin was even a state has been entirely moved to a nicer spot.

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

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

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

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

The Real LegoLand.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

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

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

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

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

Ever wanted to can Spam?

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

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

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

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.