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

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

Its collection contains relics from the devastating disaster that set the town ablaze.

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

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

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

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.

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.

This quirky roadside attraction provides insight into Minnesota's logging history.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

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

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

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

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

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

Hidden in magnificent rolling countryside, see what may be the largest modern stone circle in the world at Wisconsin's very own "Stonehenge”

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

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.