Terraced flowerbeds and rock sculptures in the midst of the Minnesota wilderness.

Summer in the "Turtle Racing Capital of the World" means rousing weekly reptile races.

This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.

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

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

This Minnesota-shaped forest is actually located in the state it is shaped like.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

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

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

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

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

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

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

A stone face watches over the river.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

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

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

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

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