Places dearcy Wants to Go

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

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

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

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

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

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

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

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

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

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

A once drab public housing estate is transformed into a colorful gallery of trompe l’oeil murals.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

A haunting medieval mural of the Danse Macabre graces the walls of this church.

This roadside shrine to an unofficial saint has welcomed the wishes and prayers of local believers for generations.

Journey through the ruins of this ancient Roman temple dedicated to the god of war.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.