Places lostslav Wants to Go

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

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

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

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

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 picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

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

A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.

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

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

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

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

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

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.

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

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

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

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.