A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

An underappreciated sculpture garden just a few blocks from the capitol building.

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

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 Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

A palatial art deco restroom.

This landmark honoring a local beer brand is an iconic part of the Minneapolis skyline.

The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.

The oldest remaining frame residence in Minneapolis.

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

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

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

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

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

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

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

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

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

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

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

This unassuimng grain elevator, commonly confused for a smokestack, helped inspire the modern architecture movement.

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

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

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