Places Annaml Wants to Go

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

A roadside statue store in rural Minnesota with quirky displays.

This metal shop's yard is filled with cutout art including an Eiffel Tower replica and Noah's Arch.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

This early 20th-century rural drinking fountain provides water for both horses and humans.

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

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

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

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

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.

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

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

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

Train cars and railroad artifacts abound at this restaurant devoted to railway history.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.