Places heatherrowephr Wants to Go

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

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

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

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

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

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.

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

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

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

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

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

The Real LegoLand.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

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