A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

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.

A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.

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

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

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

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

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.

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

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

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Nicknamed the "Grand Canyon of the North," this open-pit mine in Minnesota has a much shorter history.

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

This lone survivor of a regional franchise still slings delicious burgers and colossal servings of fries.

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

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

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

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.

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

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.