Places amandajane Wants to Go

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This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

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

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

The Real LegoLand.

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

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

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

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

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

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

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

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

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

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

In an alley behind a Fargo bar, you can roleplay as Mario while interacting with a popular street mural.

Annual convention held by the largest pyrotechnic community in the world.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.