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

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

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

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

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

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

For over a century, it was a crucial center of mental health treatment and also the source of many local legends.

A stone face watches over the river.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

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

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

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