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

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.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

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

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

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

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

Home of St. Urho, the fictional patron saint of Finland.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

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

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.