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Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Minnesota

While in Minnesota, you might enjoy a visit to:

Fergus Falls, Minnesota: Otto the Big Otter

40 feet long, made of concrete-covered metal that rings when you tap it. Although it's tempting, signs warn that no climbing is allowed on Otto.
~38 miles from Detroit Lakes.

Rothsay, Minnesota: World's Largest "Booming" Prairie Chicken

The strangest giant bird statue that we've seen, a 13-foot-tall creature posed as if ready to peck to death nervous admirers.
~31 miles from Detroit Lakes.

Wahpeton, North Dakota: World's Largest Catfish

Forty feet long, twelve feet tall, and known to the residents of Wahpeton as "The Wahpper." Apparently placed to draw envious stares from Minnesota, which is only a hundred feet away across the river.
~51 miles from Detroit Lakes.

Alexandria, Minnesota: Spotty the Stuffed Dog

The couple that owned him decided that Spotty should stay even after he was dead. He's exhibited at the Kensington Runestone Museum. curled up on the porch of a replica cabin.
~66 miles from Detroit Lakes.

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