Places mizmandi84 Wants to Go

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

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

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

This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

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

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

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

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

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

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

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

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

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

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

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

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

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.