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

One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.

No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

This landmark honoring a local beer brand is an iconic part of the Minneapolis skyline.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

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

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

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

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

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.

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

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

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

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 85-year-old fireplace in an urban woodland is dedicated to a poet who recognized the beauty of a tree.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

With a 90-foot wingspan, the world’s largest loon sculpture stands outside Allianz Field.