Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

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

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

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

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

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

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.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

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

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

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

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

A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.

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.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.