An architecturally-focused antique shop.

During World War II the Thorp building was guarded by the OSS, FBI, and US Navy because of the top-secret bombsight being produced there.

The Real LegoLand.

Sleepy Minneapolis block beats Guinness Record for most churches on one city block.

A Foundry on a Sleepy Street.

A Perpetually Under construction Park.

The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.

From burial ground bocce ball court.

This plaque marks the spot where the first crossing guards helped get kids safely to school.

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

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

For posterity, a singular achievement: 3,780 hours of dancing.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

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

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

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

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

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

One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

Thousands of people walk over this fantastic work of art every day, but how many notice it?

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.