Walnut Grove, Minnesota
Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and Pageant
Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Marjorie McNeely Conservatory (Como Park)
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.
Bloomington, Minnesota
The Mall of America
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Spoonbridge and Cherry
A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Ax-Man Surplus
The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.
Hayward, Wisconsin
Shrine to Anglers
143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.
Sumpter, Wisconsin
Dr. Evermor's Forevertron
"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.
