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

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

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

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

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

1887 era Russian Orthodox church in Minneapolis.

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

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

This once prosperous community was home to European settlers and the Ojibwe.

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

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

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

Annual convention held by the largest pyrotechnic community in the world.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.