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

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

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

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

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

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

The world's largest floating loon bobs in the lake to kick off an annual festival.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.

A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.

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

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.