Places marytreptow Wants to Go

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.

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

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

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

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

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

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

A futuristic climate change study is nestled deep within this public land.

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

For over a century, it was a crucial center of mental health treatment and also the source of many local legends.

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

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

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

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

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

Where the notorious gang lived while on the run from the FBI.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

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

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

During World War II the Thorp building was guarded by the OSS, FBI, and US Navy because of the top-secret bombsight being produced there.