Places Mama Shotts Wants to Go

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

This lone survivor of a regional franchise still slings delicious burgers and colossal servings of fries.

An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

A piece of solitude and tranquility in the heart of East Saint Paul.

The largest Walleye statue in the world calls this Minnesota town home.

Home of St. Urho, the fictional patron saint of Finland.

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.

This giant fiberglass cod celebrates Madison's self-proclaimed status as the U.S. capital of lutefisk.

This double-arched masonry highway bridge is the only structure of its kind in Minnesota.

A Museum Dedicated to the Heroes That Fight Fire.

Thousands of people walk over this fantastic work of art every day, but how many notice it?

A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

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

Where you can photograph wild black bears without worrying about becoming dinner.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

After four years of grasshopper plagues, this chapel was erected as a plea to God to make them end.

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

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

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

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

A Norwegian church that was built before Wisconsin was even a state has been entirely moved to a nicer spot.

Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.