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

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

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

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

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

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

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

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

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

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

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

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.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

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

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