An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

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

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

An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.

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

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

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

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

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

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

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

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

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The magic's in the hole!

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

A "Minnesota-style" pizza parlor in the Scandinavian heart of Seattle.

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.