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

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

This century-old barn is home to a homey, eclectic film festival.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

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

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This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

As the glaciers retreated out of northern Wisconsin, this unique natural wonder was crafted.

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

A stone face watches over the river.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

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

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.

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

A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.