10 Bizarre Museum Exhibits in Minnesota You Won’t Believe Are Real

The Bakken Museum (Minneapolis)

If electricity, old medicine, and a little bit of Frankenstein energy sound like a good afternoon to you, this museum is a fascinating detour. The Bakken Museum, at 3537 Zenith Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota, explores the strange overlap between scientific discovery and human desperation, which means you get everything from early medical devices to exhibits that feel half laboratory and half gothic novel.

It is smart, but it also knows that some objects are naturally unsettling when you see them up close.

The creepiest pieces are often the ones that were once completely serious, like lie detectors with a Victorian mood, early pacemakers, and other tools meant to read, fix, or influence the body. Standing near them, you can feel how thin the line used to be between legitimate innovation and something that now looks unnervingly experimental…