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This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

This friendly fellow was built to honor an advancement in mineral processing.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

A lone bronze figure stands in memory of historic a 19th century land grab.

Where you can photograph wild black bears without worrying about becoming dinner.

Terraced flowerbeds and rock sculptures in the midst of the Minnesota wilderness.

This 25-foot-tall statue was built as a protest to a property dispute.

Home to a 26-foot-tall statue of an American icon.

A garden full of metal sculptures that celebrate the double bass.

This Minnesota-shaped forest is actually located in the state it is shaped like.

The largest Walleye statue in the world calls this Minnesota town home.

It's located in Lake of the Woods in Minnesota. Boat travel is the only way to get there.

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

This quirky roadside attraction provides insight into Minnesota's logging history.

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.

It's believed the soldier was 109 years old when he passed away.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

Inside this museum is an ongoing excavation of an ancient shipwreck.