Places amkbrenner Wants to Go

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

Sip whey-based vodka at the first Native-owned distillery opened on a reservation in centuries.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

Expansive and colorful studio of Minneapolis art-star, Doug Padilla.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

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

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

A collection of pianos and more guaranteed to delight anyone interested in music history.

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

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

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.

A warehouse for all of your architectural details.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

A hidden oasis in the heart of Minneapolis is also an Important Bird Area.

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

Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

This landmark jazz venue is the oldest continuously running African-American club in the United States. Currently undergoing renovations, it is set to reopen in late 2025.

A memorial to the Potawatomi chief who allegedly ran nearly 150 miles to alert settlers of an impending attack.