Juneau, Alaska
Last Chance Mining Museum
Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.
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Juneau, Alaska
Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.
Haines, Alaska
A museum devoted entirely to hammers has more than 1,400 items on display dating back to the Romans.
Juneau, Alaska
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
Juneau, Alaska
A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.
Sibley, Iowa
The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.
Blue Earth, Minnesota
This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
For posterity, a singular achievement: 3,780 hours of dancing.
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
This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.
Montreal, Québec
Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.
Vancouver, British Columbia
The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.
Vancouver, British Columbia
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Thousands of people walk over this fantastic work of art every day, but how many notice it?
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.
New Orleans, Louisiana
"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."
Paris, France
Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.