Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Minnesota

While in Minnesota, you might enjoy a visit to:

A museum and mass grave recount an awful 19th century disaster in "The Town Built of Wood."
~53 miles from Cloquet.

Pete, an oversized taconite pellet with a hard hat and treads for feet, is the mascot of an attraction that's gone through several name changes.
~56 miles from Cloquet.

A 36-foot-tall brass and copper statue of an 1880s iron miner, standing on top of a 50-foot-tall pile of rusted steel and slag. Big!
~57 miles from Cloquet.

Pays tribute to the bearded, buckskin-wearing French paddlers that explored the region. "Francois" is carved from redwood, not pine.
~66 miles from Cloquet.

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