Places janellearmstrong Wants to Go

A piece of solitude and tranquility in the heart of East Saint Paul.

An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

Each of these 87 large stones has a unique message. Together, they form part of the Minnesota Military Family Tribute.

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.

Summer in the "Turtle Racing Capital of the World" means rousing weekly reptile races.

Where you can photograph wild black bears without worrying about becoming dinner.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

1887 era Russian Orthodox church in Minneapolis.

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

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

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

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

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

The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

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.

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

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

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

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

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

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