This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

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

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

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A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

Its collection contains relics from the devastating disaster that set the town ablaze.

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

Expansive and colorful studio of Minneapolis art-star, Doug Padilla.

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

After four years of grasshopper plagues, this chapel was erected as a plea to God to make them end.

Every winter, dozens of otherworldly ice structures sprout up from a rigged up artesian well.

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

A stone face watches over the river.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

Triangular House built on a leafy residential street in St. Paul.

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

Where the notorious gang lived while on the run from the FBI.

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

This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.