Places meltingknight Wants to Go

The Real LegoLand.

A stone face watches over the river.

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

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

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

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

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

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

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

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

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

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

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

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

Storage units with a wartime past.

A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.