Places livelavalora Wants to Go

A damaged tree turned into a whimsical giant pencil that is sharpened each year.

A notable example of Prairie School architecture that disregarded Victorian concepts about room divisions and featured a long, narrow floor plan.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

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

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

Nicknamed the 'Minnehaha Bunny,' this bronze sculpture is nine feet long and weighs 1,500 pounds.

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

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.

Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.

For posterity, a singular achievement: 3,780 hours of dancing.

A hidden oasis in the heart of Minneapolis is also an Important Bird Area.

A public art project at Bde Maka Ska that educates visitors on Dakota history.

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.

Originally built by the Works Progress Administration, this park was recently saved from demolition.

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

Explore the History & Technology of Electronic Communication

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

Preserving the story of an early 20th-century orphanage.

Take a walk on Minnesota’s last historic covered bridge.

Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.

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