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

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

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.

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.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.

The silent film master's legacy commemorated in all the right and wrong places.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.