Places defriesen Wants to Go

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

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

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

Triangular House built on a leafy residential street in St. Paul.

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

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

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

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

A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.

A cozy cafe tells the remarkable story of how one man started with a little red paperclip and wound up with an entire house.

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

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