Places ursa major Wants to Go

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

A remote island marking the entrance to Death’s Door, surrounded by the bones of ships who failed to heed her warnings.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Picturesque and haunting, these 160-year-old stone ruins on top of a bluff are the only remains of a settler's legacy.

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

These rural ruins are of a Midwestern hotel that was once an elegant spa for the wealthy, then a gangster’s hideaway, and finally a haunted retreat.

This steep-walled ravine contains animal-shaped formations made from sandstone.

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

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

This once prosperous community was home to European settlers and the Ojibwe.

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

Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.

This wooden troll marks the starting point for Detroit Lakes' troll scavenger hunt.

Home of St. Urho, the fictional patron saint of Finland.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

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

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

Terraced flowerbeds and rock sculptures in the midst of the Minnesota wilderness.

The ruined remains of an early hydroelectric dam.

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.