Places rmilesboysen Wants to Go

A Norwegian church that was built before Wisconsin was even a state has been entirely moved to a nicer spot.

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

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

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.

No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

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

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.

Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

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

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

Triangular House built on a leafy residential street in St. Paul.

A collection of pianos and more guaranteed to delight anyone interested in music history.

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

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

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

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.