One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

The final resting place of one of Thomas Jefferson's formerly enslaved sons.

This giant fiberglass cod celebrates Madison's self-proclaimed status as the U.S. capital of lutefisk.

Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

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

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

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

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

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

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.

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

The Real LegoLand.

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 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.

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

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

A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.

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

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