Places zamand Wants to Go

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

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

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

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

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

A hidden oasis in the heart of Minneapolis is also an Important Bird Area.

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

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

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

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

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

A Perpetually Under construction Park.

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

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

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

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

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.

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

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

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

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