Places Michael Barera Wants to Go

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

Explore the History & Technology of Electronic Communication

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

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

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

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

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

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

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

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

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

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

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

Ever wanted to can Spam?

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

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

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

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

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

A one-stop shop for all things snowmobile, started by a snowmobile-obsessed group of friends in Wisconsin.

One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.

This odd-shaped relic from the 1964 New York World's Fair found its way back home to Wisconsin.

Museum with an extensive collection of Cray supercomputers and related artifacts.

A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.