Places marydurb Wants to Go

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

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

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

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

A warehouse for all of your architectural details.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

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

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

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

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.

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

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

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

Triangular House built on a leafy residential street in St. Paul.

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

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

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

A Foundry on a Sleepy Street.