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

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

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

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

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

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

Home to a vast collection of The Wizard of Oz memorabilia and the site of an infamous theft.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

Its collection contains relics from the devastating disaster that set the town ablaze.

An abandoned bus station transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of Greyhound Lines, in the place where it all began.

This tiny Minnesota city tried to secede from the Union as a last-ditch effort to fix its crumbling water system.

The world's largest floating loon bobs in the lake to kick off an annual festival.

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

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

The watery grave of an impractical idea.