Places RouteDown Wants to Go

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

A larger-than-life version of the hat beloved by hunters, outdoorsmen, and Holden Caulfield.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

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

Sculpture garden and miniature golf course blend together in the oversized backyard of a Minnesota sculptor.

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

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

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

One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.

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

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

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

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

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

A cozy cafe tells the remarkable story of how one man started with a little red paperclip and wound up with an entire house.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.