An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

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

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

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

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

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

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

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.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

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

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

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

An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.

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

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.

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

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

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

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.