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

This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.

No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.

A Foundry on a Sleepy Street.

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A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

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.

For over a century, it was a crucial center of mental health treatment and also the source of many local legends.

A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

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

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

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

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.

1887 era Russian Orthodox church in Minneapolis.

Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.

An abandoned bus station transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of Greyhound Lines, in the place where it all began.

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

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

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.