Places Gravefog Wants to Go

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

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

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

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

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

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

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

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

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

What was once the largest NFL stadium.