A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

A Perpetually Under construction Park.

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

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

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

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

The Real LegoLand.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

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

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.

Most comprehensive museum in America devoted to one ethnic group.

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

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

Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

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

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.

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.

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.