A roadside statue store in rural Minnesota with quirky displays.

This museum is dedicated to preserving Minnesota's lake culture through displays of vintage watercraft and rotating exhibits.

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

It's believed the soldier was 109 years old when he passed away.

This plaque marks the spot where the first crossing guards helped get kids safely to school.

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.

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

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An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

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

Sculpture garden and miniature golf course blend together in the oversized backyard of a Minnesota sculptor.

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

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

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

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

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

The inconspicuous grave of the University of Illinois' first president is just steps from the main quadrangle.

The first home and studio that belonged to the famous architect.

A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.

The final resting place of the hero of Air Florida Flight 90 known as "the man in the water."

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.