One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

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

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

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

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

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

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.

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

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

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

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