Places givethemhelvetica Wants to Go

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

The remnants of a classic 1970's British film.

A Studio on the Fringes of the Northeast Art District.

A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.

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

Built in 1931, this small passageway is believed to be the first modern skyway.

Home of St. Urho, the fictional patron saint of Finland.

Thousands of people walk over this fantastic work of art every day, but how many notice it?

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

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

The world's largest floating loon bobs in the lake to kick off an annual festival.

A Museum Dedicated to the Heroes That Fight Fire.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

A nerdcentric group and creators of the Nerd Prom.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

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

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

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

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

A palatial art deco restroom.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

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