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

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

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

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

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

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

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

The site of an ancient Mississippian settlement that appears to have flourished during the 10th to 13th centuries.

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

The property contains 37 preserved animal effigy mounds constructed by Native Americans between 800-1100.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.