Places inlandempirical Wants to Go

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

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

A Studio on the Fringes of the Northeast Art District.

The Art Deco Silver Screen.

An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.

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

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

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

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

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.