This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

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

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

A stone face watches over the river.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

This double-arched masonry highway bridge is the only structure of its kind in 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.

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

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

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

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

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

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

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

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

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