Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Minnesota

While in Minnesota, you might enjoy a visit to:

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.
~32 miles from Battle Lake.

The strangest giant bird statue that we've seen, a 13-foot-tall creature posed as if ready to peck to death nervous admirers.
~30 miles from Battle Lake.

One of dozens of obsessively size-challenged churches across the U.S. This design mimics a full size church, with a columned portico, and a steeple. On the picturesque shore of Lake Minnewaska.
~47 miles from Battle Lake.

Stylized mallard depiction has been here since 1950. Statue is strikingly painted with not-exactly-regulation red breast.
~50 miles from Battle Lake.

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