Places Michael Woodruff Wants to Go

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

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.

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

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

1887 era Russian Orthodox church in Minneapolis.

One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.

A Perpetually Under construction Park.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.

To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.

This small-town museum is dedicated to the original western movie mega-star.

Whimsical cartoon cars suspended on posts soar over an automotive shop.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.

Underneath downtown Lincoln resides a network of caves that was also the city's first brewery.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.