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

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

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

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

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

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

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.

This quirky roadside attraction provides insight into Minnesota's logging history.

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

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

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

Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.