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

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

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

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

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

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

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.

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

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

A piece of solitude and tranquility in the heart of East Saint Paul.

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

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

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

An underappreciated sculpture garden just a few blocks from the capitol building.

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

Each of these 87 large stones has a unique message. Together, they form part of the Minnesota Military Family Tribute.

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

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.