After you check all the obvious, most popular attractions in Minneapolis (and there are lots of them) and you still have some time, treat yourself with a visit to one of the quirkiest and most creative museums in the city: The House of Balls. Located in the Warehouse District and created by the sculptor Allen Christian 28 years ago, the House of Balls is the result of Christian’s belief that ordinary objects acquire a life force when touched by living beings.

Whimsical sculptures are made from some unexpected everyday objects such as false teeth, plumbing parts, pistons, typewriter guts, headstones, pianos and of course, all kinds of balls. The Museum door is always open and visitors are invited to look, touch push buttons just to see what happens, and add their own opinion to the recordings. Pushing various buttons gets many of the sculptures to move, spin, talk and interact with the visitors.

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