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

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

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

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

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

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.

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

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

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

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

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

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

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

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

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

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.