Opened at this location on the downtown waterfront (next to the Mahaffey Theater) in 2011, the Salvador Dalí Museum contains several works by the famous surrealist: the collection includes 96 oil paintings, over 100 watercolors and drawings, 1,300 graphics, photographs, sculptures and objets d'art, and an extensive archival library.

Also included are 7 of the 18 masterwork paintings by Dalí (including The Hallucinogenic Toreador and The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, the most of any museum in the world. To be considered a masterwork these paintings must be at least 5 feet in any direction and have been worked on for over a year.

The building itself was designed by the US-based architecture firm of HOK (a.k.a. Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum).

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Allen Christian's workshop/living space/gallery is located in the Warehouse District of Minneapolis. Called the House of Balls and open to the public at varying times, the unique art space is a representation of his artistic belief "that the non-living thing acquires soul from contact with the living."

Visitors can check his website to make arrangements for visit, but even if the space is closed you can access the sculptures by pushing buttons and speaking into a recorded audio loop on the exterior.

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On November 24, 1905, the photographer Alfred Stieglitz opened a photography gallery originally known as the "Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession."

One of the first permanent photo-galleries in New York City, it closed its doors in 1908, reopening later that year as simply "291." Stieglitz organized some of the first American showings by artists such as Rodin and Matisse. From this location, he published his legendary photo journal Camera Work, and twelve issues of 291. In June 1917, Stieglitz closed down the 291.

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