Places jorrick Wants to Go

Hunting trophies decorate Oregon's most unique bar-restaurant.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

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

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

A palatial art deco restroom.

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

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

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

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

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

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

Triangular House built on a leafy residential street in St. Paul.

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

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

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

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.