This friendly fellow was built to honor an advancement in mineral processing.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

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

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

In an alley behind a Fargo bar, you can roleplay as Mario while interacting with a popular street mural.

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

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

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

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

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

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

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

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

An abandoned bus station transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of Greyhound Lines, in the place where it all began.