Collections in Minnesota

Discover 10 unusual collections in Minnesota.

Luverne, Minnesota

Rock County History Center

Home to one of the world’s largest nutcracker collections and other historical curiosities.

Stearns History Museum War Exhibit.

St. Cloud, Minnesota

Stearns History Museum

The history of central Minnesota under one roof.

Minnesota's Largest Candy Store

Jordan, Minnesota

Minnesota's Largest Candy Store

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

Items on display.

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Center for Lost Objects

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

Tons of items

North St Paul, Minnesota

Studio Payne Oddities Shop

Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.

A 1927 Greyhound bus on display at the museum.

Hibbing, Minnesota

Greyhound Bus Museum

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

Gold Medal Flour Mill

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Mill City Museum and site of "The Great Mill Disaster"

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

Firefighters Museum and Hall

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Firefighters Hall and Museum

A Museum Dedicated to the Heroes That Fight Fire.

Electro-Metabograph

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Museum of Quackery and Medical Frauds

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

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pavek Museum

Explore the History & Technology of Electronic Communication

Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Bakken Museum

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

Are we missing something unusual in Minnesota?