Alexandria, Minnesota
Big Ole
America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.
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Alexandria, Minnesota
America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.
Hayward, Wisconsin
Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.
Shafer, Minnesota
An amazing collection of sculptures and art.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.
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.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A palatial art deco restroom.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
An architecturally-focused antique shop.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Real LegoLand.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sleepy Minneapolis block beats Guinness Record for most churches on one city block.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.
Havana, Cuba
A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.