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Rochester, Minnesota

Corn Water Tower

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.
Added by nickaarsvold
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Historic Stasiu's Urinals

A palatial art deco restroom.
Added by lizzieboyle
Minnetrista, Minnesota

Big Stone Mini Golf

Sculpture garden and miniature golf course blend together in the oversized backyard of a Minnesota sculptor.
CouplePutts Added by CouplePutts
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Prince’s Star at First Avenue

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.
joshuacarlon Added by joshuacarlon
Saint Paul, Minnesota

First National Bank Building Skyway

Built in 1931, this small passageway is believed to be the first modern skyway.
typosinkeye Added by typosinkeye
Silver Bay, Minnesota

Rocky Taconite

This friendly fellow was built to honor an advancement in mineral processing.
Added by opdu1201
Ranier, Minnesota

Big Vic Voyageur Statue

This 25-foot-tall statue was built as a protest to a property dispute.
Added by JamesS
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Sheridan Memorial Park

This sculpture is dedicated to Minnesota natives who served in combat.
Added by greenhodge
International Falls, Minnesota

Smokey Bear Park

Home to a 26-foot-tall statue of an American icon.
Added by JamesS
Edina, Minnesota

Southdale Center Shopping Mall

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.
LameDuck99 Added by LameDuck99
Baudette, Minnesota

Willie the Walleye

The largest Walleye statue in the world calls this Minnesota town home.
TheRosebeetle Added by TheRosebeetle
Madison, Minnesota

Lou T. Fisk

This giant fiberglass cod celebrates Madison's self-proclaimed status as the U.S. capital of lutefisk.
Reina Gattuso Added by Reina Gattuso
Kelliher, Minnesota

Paul Bunyan's Gravesite

A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.
larissahayden Added by larissahayden
Pipestone, Minnesota

Giant Pipe of Pipestone

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.
shabbytrick Added by shabbytrick
Excelsior, Minnesota

The Steamboat Minnehaha

This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Red Wing, Minnesota

World's Largest Boot

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.
Added by nickaarsvold
Angle Inlet, Minnesota

Northwest Angle

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Tower, Minnesota

Soudan Underground Mine State Park

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.
atimian Added by atimian
Rothsay, Minnesota

World’s Largest Prairie Chicken

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
Belgrade, Minnesota

World's Largest Crow

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

Kensington Runestone

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.
atimian Added by atimian
Highland, Wisconsin

World's Heaviest Ball of Twine

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.
lewblank Added by lewblank
San Francisco, California

'The Allegory of California'

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.
beaurichly Added by beaurichly
San Francisco, California

Shakespeare Garden

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.
Added by jfalkenthal