Excelsior, Minnesota
The Steamboat Minnehaha
This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.
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Excelsior, Minnesota
This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.
Bovey, Minnesota
A futuristic climate change study is nestled deep within this public land.
Hibbing, Minnesota
An abandoned bus station transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of Greyhound Lines, in the place where it all began.
Waskish, Minnesota
Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
A Norwegian church that was built before Wisconsin was even a state has been entirely moved to a nicer spot.
Duluth, Minnesota
A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."
Two Harbors, Minnesota
This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.
Rosemount, Minnesota
The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
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.
Blue Earth, Minnesota
This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.
Austin, Minnesota
Ever wanted to can Spam?
Minneapolis, Minnesota
20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.
Cloquet, Minnesota
The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.
Harmony, Minnesota
This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.
Arbutus, Maryland
The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Ellicott City, Maryland
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Brentwood, Maryland
A historic cemetery with unique artwork, a Civil War fort, and also happens to be the site of the Battle of Bladensburg.