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

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.

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

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

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

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

The Real LegoLand.

Explore the History & Technology of Electronic Communication

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

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

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

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

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

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

A little-known memorial to servicemen and nurses killed in the line of duty during the First World War.

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.

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

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

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

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

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