A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

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

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

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

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

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.

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

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

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.