An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

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

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

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

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

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

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

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

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

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

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

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?

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.