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

This 85-year-old fireplace in an urban woodland is dedicated to a poet who recognized the beauty of a tree.

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

Its collection contains relics from the devastating disaster that set the town ablaze.

This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.

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

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

Home to a vast collection of The Wizard of Oz memorabilia and the site of an infamous theft.

One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.

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

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

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

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

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

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

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

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

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

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.

During World War II, over 13,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in this camp in the Idaho desert.