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

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

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

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

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

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.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

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

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

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

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

A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.