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.

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 lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

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

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

This unassuimng grain elevator, commonly confused for a smokestack, helped inspire the modern architecture movement.

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

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

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This landmark honoring a local beer brand is an iconic part of the Minneapolis skyline.

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

A little-known memorial to servicemen and nurses killed in the line of duty during the First World War.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

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

This once prosperous community was home to European settlers and the Ojibwe.

A short interpretive trail about one of the first human cultures in North America.

A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.