Places joyzbst Wants to Go

This wooden troll marks the starting point for Detroit Lakes' troll scavenger hunt.

Preserving the story of an early 20th-century orphanage.

See how Laura Ingalls lived on the Minnesota prairie.

Summer in the "Turtle Racing Capital of the World" means rousing weekly reptile races.

Terraced flowerbeds and rock sculptures in the midst of the Minnesota wilderness.

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

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

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

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

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

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

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.

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

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

Romance fans worldwide make the pilgrimage to this group of historic covered bridges in rural Iowa.

This 'terrible lizard' was one of the world's first animatronic dinosaurs.

Spend the night in this former asylum for the incurably insane, which claims to be one of the most haunted places in the United States.

An underground wonderland in Iowa.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

Meet cowboys and ancient beardogs at this one-of-a-kind crossroads of Western history.

After sitting abandoned for decades, this historic mine is now the only publicly accessible chalk room and pillar mine in North America.

A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.