Expansive and colorful studio of Minneapolis art-star, Doug Padilla.

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

This 39-foot-tall version of a Hopi figure stands in Arizona.

Once disputed as the largest sundial in the world.

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.

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

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

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

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

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

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

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

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

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.