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 home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

During World War II the Thorp building was guarded by the OSS, FBI, and US Navy because of the top-secret bombsight being produced there.

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

A Perpetually Under construction Park.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

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

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

A palatial art deco restroom.

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

A Norwegian church that was built before Wisconsin was even a state has been entirely moved to a nicer spot.

1887 era Russian Orthodox church in Minneapolis.

Sleepy Minneapolis block beats Guinness Record for most churches on one city block.

A Foundry on a Sleepy Street.

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.

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

The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.