Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Minnesota

While in Minnesota, you might enjoy a visit to:

Subterranean man-carved passageways, sometimes used as a mushroom farm, sometimes used as a speakeasy, are open for tours. See the gangland murder bullet holes!
~22 miles from Chanhassen.

The late Francis Johnson's famous giant ball, now the centerpiece of the town. It's the "Largest Ball of Twine Rolled by One Man."
~46 miles from Chanhassen.

Erected to remember a Minnesota grasshopper plague. The governor declared a statewide Day of Prayer, then a freak sleet storm killed all the grasshoppers!
~60 miles from Chanhassen.

Hermann the German -- not a cartoon character, but a historical leader who beat the Romans -- has brandished his Teutonic battle sword over New Ulm since 1897.
~60 miles from Chanhassen.

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