Originally built by the Works Progress Administration, this park was recently saved from demolition.

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

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

Summer in the "Turtle Racing Capital of the World" means rousing weekly reptile races.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

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

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.

One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.

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

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

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

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

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.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

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

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

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

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

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