Minnesota Attractions and Oddities

All the oddball Minnesota places in RoadsideAmerica.com Visitor Tips, news, stories and field reports. Closed and extinct attractions may be found in Gone But Not Forgotten

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Aitkin: Fish House Parade
Aitkin: Robin Hood Statue
Akeley: Paul Bunyan Statue and Birthplace
Albert Lea: Birthplace of Eddie Cochran
Albert Lea: Farmer - Pitchfork Pete
Alexandria: Big Ole - Viking Statue
Alexandria: Giant Replica Runestone
Alexandria: Runestone Museum
Alexandria: Spotty the Stuffed Dog
Angle Inlet: Northernmost Post Office in the Lower 48 States
Anoka: Halloween Capital of the World
Appleton: Sinclair Dinosaur
Ashby: Coot (a type of duck) Statue
Austin: SPAM Museum
Barnum: Voyageur Statue
Battle Lake: Chief Wenonga Statue
Baudette: Walleye Capital of the World
Baxter: Paul Bunyan and Babe Bowling
Beaver Bay: Large Chairs
Belgrade: World's Largest Crow
Belle Plaine: Two-story Outhouse
Bemidji: Boxy Paul Bunyan And Babe Statues
Bemidji: Dream Catcher and Three Indians
Bemidji: Nanobojo, Bunyan's Muffler Man Foe
Bena: Big Fish Restaurant
Benson: Nation's Only "Kid Day"
Big Falls: Uncle Dan Campbell Statue
Blackduck: Black Duck - Drake Motel
Blackduck: Black Duck Statue
Blackduck: Black Duck Statues
Blaine: Space Alien Grill & Bar
Bloomington: The Mall of America
Blue Earth: Giant Museum Featuring Jolly Green Giant Memorabilia
Blue Earth: Jolly Green Giant
Blue Earth: Sprout, Jolly Green Giant's bud
Brainerd: Babe the Blue Ox
Brainerd: False "Fargo" Movie Bunyan
Brainerd: Jurassic Auto Wash Dinosaurs
Brainerd: Paul Bunyan
Brainerd: Paul Bunyan and Babe Statue
Brainerd: Paul Bunyan's Flashlight?
Brainerd: Paul Bunyan's Footsteps
Brainerd: Welcome Center Paul Bunyan Statue
Center City: Cheese-N-Bison Munchables
Chisholm: Huge Iron Man Statue
Cloquet: Dala Horse
Cloquet: Frank Lloyd Wright Gas Station
Cloquet: Voyageur Statue
Cold Spring: Grasshopper Assumption Chapel
Crookston: World's Largest Ox Cart
Crosby: Serpent Lake Serpent Statue
Darwin: World's Largest Twine Ball
Dassel: Mushroom House
Deer Creek: Deer Statue
Deer River: Northern Pike Statue
Deerwood: Giant Deer
Delano: Big Chicken
Detroit Lakes: Old Three Legs, Stuffed Killer Wolf
Downer: Shoe Fence
Duluth: Famous Aerial Lift Bridge
Duluth: Leif Erickson Viking ship
Duluth: Steven Seagull - Polite Knocker
Eden Prairie: Minnesota Vikings Ship
Effie: Mosquito Statue
Ely: Cabin of the Root Beer Lady
Erskine: World's Largest Northern (a fish)
Eveleth: World's Second Largest Hockey Stick
Faribault: A&W Root Beer Man
Faribault: Tin Man Family
Fergus Falls: Big Library Books
Fergus Falls: Big Otter
Fergus Falls: Big Ship
Fergus Falls: Continental Divide Marker
Fergus Falls: Home Ranch Beef Cow
Fergus Falls: Large Canada Goose
Finland: St. Urho Statue
Finlayson: St. Urho's Day Celebration
Fosston: Wayside Chapel - Tiny Church
Franklin: Catfish Capital of Minnesota
Frazee: Goose Pond Moose
Frazee: Original Tom Turkey
Frazee: World's Largest Turkey
Freeport: Smiley Face Water Tower
Garrison: Walleye Capital of the World
Gilbert: "Whorehouse Days" Festival
Grand Marais: Giant Fish Crashing Through Building
Grand Rapids: Judy Garland's Childhood Home
Grand Rapids: Toilet Bowl Gardens
Hackensack: Paul Bunyan's Girlfriend Lucette
Hallock: Fargo Movie Site
Hampton: Vikings, Beach Dude, Gorilla,
Harmony: Niagara Cave
Herman: Herman Iron Pour
Hibbing: Greyhound Bus Origin Center
Hinckley: Great Hinckley Fire
Hutchinson: Singing Hutchinson Brothers
International Falls: Fisherman Statue
International Falls: Metal Yard Sculptures
International Falls: Smokey Bear
Isle: Big Fish Statue - Walleye
Jasper: Antique Windmills of Earth
Kabetogama: Ellsworth Rock Garden
Kabetogama: Leapin' Walleye Fish Photo Op
Karlstad: Moose Capital of Minnesota
Kelliher: Paul Bunyan's Grave
Kellogg: Large Cowboy Boot
Kellogg: Purple Waterfall at L.A.R.K. Toys
Kerkhoven: Singing Highway
Lake Benton: Heritage and Wind Power Learning Center

Lakeville: Hot Sam's Antiques - Giant Guitar
Le Sueur: Old Brewery Hill Spook Light
Lindstrom: "The Emigrants" Karl Oskar and wife Kristina Statue
Lindstrom: Coffee Pot Water Tower
Little Canada: Sinclair Dinosaur
Long Beach: Tiny Church
Long Prairie: Veterans' Memorial Park - Iwo Jima in Steel
Longville: Turtle Race Capital of the World
Lutsen: Tin Man and Metal Sculptures
Luverne: Tiny Church
Madison: Worlds Largest Codfish/Lutefisk Capital
Mankato: Last Happy Chef
Marshall: Butterfly Farm
Menahga: St. Urho, Grasshopper Chaser
Milaca: Happy Chef and Giant Miller Beer Bottle
Milan: Bell, Viking, and Mural
Minneapolis: Extruded Metro Transit Bus
Minneapolis: Huge Bottle Cap
Minneapolis: Large Green Chair
Minneapolis: Larry Craig Solicitation Bathroom
Minneapolis: Mary Tyler Moore Statue
Minneapolis: Shoe Tree
Minneapolis: Showmen's Rest Cemetery
Minneapolis: Spoonbridge and Cherry
Minneapolis: The Elf Tree
Minneapolis: Tiny Tim's Tomb
Montgomery: Big Honza's Museum of Unnatural History
Moorhead: Viking ship replica
Moose Lake: Forest Fire Mass Grave Monument
Mora: Dala Horse
Mounds View: Large Landlocked Mermaid
Nevis: Heart of Minnesota Emu Ranch Tours
Nevis: World's Largest Tiger Muskie
New Ulm: German Brewery Fun
New Ulm: Glockenspiel Clock Tower
New Ulm: Hermann the German
Nisswa: "Original" Home of the Turtle Races
Nodine: Culvert Man
North St. Paul: World's Largest Stucco Snowman
Northfield: Defeat of Jesse James Days
Northfield: Last Bank Jesse James Tried to Rob
Northome: Towering Bear
Olivia: Giant Corn Gazebo
Orr: Big Bluegill Fish Statue
Ortonville: Paul Bunyan's Anchor
Owatonna: Cabela's: Dead Animals in Big Store
Owatonna: Three T-38 Jets Statue
Park Rapids: Loon Statue
Pelican Rapids: World's Largest Pelican
Pelland Junction: Willy the Worm
Pequot Lakes: Beanhole Days - Burying of the Beans
Pequot Lakes: Fishing Bobber Water Tower
Pequot Lakes: Paul Bunyan
Pillager: Horse, Cow, Wagon, and Helicopter
Pillager: Large Bull
Pine City: Voyageur Statue
Pipestone: Peace Pipe
Pipestone: The Old Stone Face
Preston: Huge Trout Statue
Princeton: A-Z Happy Chef
Rapidan: Rapidan Dam Store - That Dam Humor
Red Wing: Boots of Red Wing
Red Wing: Red Wing Shoe Museum
Remer: Eagle
Rochester: Corn Water Tower
Rochester: Transparent Man
Rothsay: World's Largest "Booming" Prairie Chicken
Royalton: Treasure City - Souvenir Store
Rush City: Walleye Capital of the World
Sanborn: Sod House Bed and Breakfast
Sauk Centre: Glowing Tombstone
Shakopee: Sever's Corn Maze
Silver Bay: Rocky Taconite
Sleepy Eye: The Real Linus Statue
Soudan: Deepest Place You Can Go In America
St. Louis Park: Roller Garden with Dinosaur
St. Paul: Large Green Chair
St. Paul: Wabasha Street Caves
St. Paul: Ye Olde Mill
St. Peter: Soderlund Pharmacy Museum
Starbuck: Big Hobo, Starbuck, Largest Lefse Sign
Starbuck: Muffler Horses
Thief River Falls: Chief Moose Dung Statue
Two Harbors: Large Rooster
Two Harbors: Native American
Two Harbors: Pierre the Pantsless Voyageur
Two Harbors: Sandpaper Museum
Two Harbors: Voyageur Statue - Carved
Tyler: Aebleskiver Days - Foreign Pancake
Vergas: Big Loon
Vining: Vining Sculpture Park
Virginia: Mineview in the Sky
Virginia: World's Largest Floating Loon
Waite Park: Giant Pepsi Can
Waite Park: Smiley Face Water Tower
Walnut Grove: Laura Ingalls Wilder Sod Hut Spot
Welcome: Horse and Human Drinking Fountain
West St. Paul: Smallest Park in the United States
West Union: Metal Farm Animals
Wheaton: Big Mallard
Williams: Wildwood Tiny Church
Willmar: Antique & Classic Boat Museum & Shop
Willmar: Golden Chief Kandiyohi Statue
Worthington: Turkey Capital - Turkey Death Race
Wykoff: Ed's Museum
Wykoff: Jail Haus Bed & Breakfast
Wyoming: Happy Chef
Zimmerman: Happy Chef

Gone But Not Forgotten

Closed and extinct places to remember, even if it's just to milk them for one more chuckle...

Brainerd: Paul Bunyan
Chisholm: Ironworld Discovery Center - Pellet Pete
Minneapolis: Museum of Questionable Medical Devices - Closed

Wabasha: Joe Suilman's Museum
Warroad: Muffler Man

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