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Minneapolis, Minnesota

House of Balls

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.
littlebrumble Added by littlebrumble
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Spoonbridge and Cherry

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.
Added by acbehnke
Saint Paul, Minnesota

Museum of Quackery and Medical Frauds

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.
Rebekah Otto Added by Rebekah Otto
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.
canuck Added by canuck
Hamilton, Missouri

Missouri Quilt Museum

See the world's biggest spool of thread, along with the largest collection of sewing machines.
Added by brandonaredford
St. Louis, Missouri

National Saxophone Museum

Explore more than 175 years of saxophone history.
Mikesaxquest Added by Mikesaxquest
Saint Charles, Missouri

The Soda Museum & Arcade

A collection of soda memorabilia that spans decades.
Added by abbymcgowan885
Hamilton, Missouri

World's Largest Spool of Thread

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.
Added by randinboord
Washington, Missouri

Missouri Meerschaum Corn Cob Pipe Museum

This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.
elijahkrewson Added by elijahkrewson
Leasburg, Missouri

Canoehenge

Nestled in Onondaga State Park, over 100 canoes carefully stacked in a replica of the famous standing stones.
Added by BM
Sappington, Missouri

Laumeier Sculpture Park

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.
Added by nicolesaraniero
Diamond, Missouri

World's Largest Small Electrical Appliance Museum

Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.
Michael Woodruff Added by Michael Woodruff
Carthage, Missouri

Precious Moments Chapel and Gardens

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.
jmsliker Added by jmsliker
Bonne Terre, Missouri

The Space Museum

A museum dedicated to man's boldest venture.
Chesterfield, Missouri

The Awakening II

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.
Added by penguinsarecool
Sumner, Missouri

Maxie, the World's Largest Goose

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."
Added by kmoney89
Cuba, Missouri

Former World's Largest Rocking Chair

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.
Added by spd
St. Louis, Missouri

World Chess Hall of Fame

A chessmaster's dream destination.
Kansas City, Missouri

World's Largest Shuttlecocks

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
ronin Added by ronin
Columbia, Missouri

BoatHenge

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.
Added by tracys
Springfield, Missouri

World's Largest Fork

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.
Added by kiwieberle
Kansas City, Missouri

The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.
Brynn Added by Brynn
St. Louis, Missouri

Eros Bendato

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.
Bkern Added by Bkern
St. Joseph, Missouri

Glore Psychiatric Museum

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.
KaliaK Added by KaliaK