Places marydurb Wants to Go

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

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

A Perpetually Under construction Park.

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

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

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

Terraced flowerbeds and rock sculptures in the midst of the Minnesota wilderness.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

The world's largest woodcarving collection includes dozens of Bible scenes and a wooden bestiary, all carved by one man.

A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.

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

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.