Minnesota Attractions and Oddities
All the weird attractions, hidden sights, and unusual places in Minnesota. Visitor Tips, news, stories, field reports.
Also see: Gone But Not Forgotten - Closed classic attractions
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Aitkin: Fish House Parade
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Aitkin: Robin Hood Statue
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Akeley: Paul Bunyan Historical Museum
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Akeley: World's Largest Paul Bunyan
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Albert Lea: Fountain Lake Mermaid
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Albert Lea: Marion "Happy Days" Ross Statue
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Albertville: Space Aliens Grill And Bar
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Alexandria: Big Fish Atop a Sign
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Alexandria: Big Ole: America's Biggest Viking
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Alexandria: Giant Replica Runestone
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Alexandria: Runestone Museum
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Alexandria: Spotty the Stuffed Dog
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Alvwood: Surveying Goof - The Lost Forty
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Angle Inlet: Northernmost Point U.S.A. (Contiguous)
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Angle Inlet: Northernmost Post Office in the Lower 48 States
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Angle Inlet: Northernmost School in the Lower 48 States
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Anoka: Pumpkin Roundabout
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Anoka: Rum River Stone House
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Arco: H.P. Pederson Rock Garden
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Arlington: Baseball Water Tower
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Ashby: Big Coot (a type of duck) Statue
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Askov: Indoor Little Mermaid
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Audubon: Minnesota's Largest Purple Martin House
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Austin: Big SPAM Can
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Austin: Buffy the Cow
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Austin: Giant Fork Covered in Forks
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Austin: Minimart Liquor Store Rooster
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Austin: SPAM Museum
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Austin: Tiny Church: Kehret Roadside Chapel
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Backus: Colonel Cobber, Giant Corn Man
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Barnum: Big Louis: 25-Foot-Tall Voyageur
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Battle Lake: Big Fish Statue
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Battle Lake: Chief Wenonga Statue
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Battle Lake: Rusty: 15-Foot-Tall Art Fish
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Baudette: Willie Walleye
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Baxter: Elvis Babe Ox
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Belgrade: World's Largest Crow
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Belle Plaine: Two-Story Outhouse
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Bemidji: Boxy Bunyan and Babe Statues
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Bemidji: Chief Bemidji Statue
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Bemidji: Fireplace of States
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Bemidji: Large Leaping Deer
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Bemidji: Nanobouzou, Bunyan's Muffler Man Foe
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Bemidji: Niiemii - Dancing Indian
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Bena: Big Fish Supper Club
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Bena: Big Winnie Store: 1932 Crazy Gas Station
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Big Falls: Uncle Dan Campbell Statue
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Bigfork: Logger and Wannigan
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Bigfork: Lumberjack Statue
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Bigfork: Quirky Indian Chief Statue
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Bigfork: See Birch Bark Canoes Made
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Birchdale: Basshenge
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Biwabik: Bavarian-Themed Town
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Biwabik: Honk the Moose
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Blackduck: Black Duck - Drake Motel
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Blackduck: Original Black Duck Statue
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Blackduck: World's Largest Black Duck Statue
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Bloomington: Big L.L. Bean Boot
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Bloomington: Harmon Killebrew Homer Tribute Chair
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Bloomington: The Mall of America
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Blue Earth: Eastbound: The Golden Stripe
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Blue Earth: Jolly Green Giant
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Blue Earth: Jolly Green Giant Museum
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Blue Earth: Sprout: Former Papa Burger
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Blue Earth: Westbound: The Golden Stripe
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Bongards: Bonnie the Big Cow
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Brainerd: Babe the Blue Ox
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Brainerd: Crenelated Water Tower - Bunyan's Flashlight
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Brainerd: Giant Sitting, Talking Paul Bunyan
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Brainerd: Jurassic Auto Wash Dinosaurs
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Brainerd: Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox
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Brainerd: Paul Bunyan's Footsteps
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Brainerd: Stick Your Head in the Lion Mouth
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Brainerd: Welcome Center Paul Bunyan
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Breezy Point: Stainless Steel Moose
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Buffalo: Giant Wooden Nickel
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Buffalo: Normassic Park
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Center City: Cheese-N-Bison Munchables
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Center City: Grumpy Old Men Church
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Champlin: Dress-Up Sinclair Dinosaur
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Chandler: Collapsed "In God We Trust" Water Tank Tornado Memorial
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Chanhassen: Giant Purple Face of Prince
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Chanhassen: Prince's Paisley Park
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Chatfield: Farmer on a Stump
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Chisholm: Huge Iron Man Statue
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Chisholm: Paul Bunyan's Marble
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Chokio: Ruins of Frank Schott's Stone Barn
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Clarks Grove: Big Bass Fish
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Climax: James K. Polk Memorial
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Cloquet: Bi-Plane in Theater Wall
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Cloquet: Big Voyageur Statue
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Cloquet: Frank Lloyd Wright Gas Station
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Cloquet: Large Dala Horse
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Coates: Quirky Metal Sculptures
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Cokato: Oldest Sauna in North America
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Cold Spring: Grasshopper Assumption Chapel
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Colvill: Messy Art Yard
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Cosmos: Cosmic-Themed Town
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Cosmos: Tree Stump Yoda
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Crane Lake: Big Voyageur Statue
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Crookston: Large Ox Cart, Ox, and Man
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Crookston: World's Largest Ox Cart
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Crosby: Serpent Lake Serpent Statue
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Cuyuna: Wood Tick Races
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Darwin: Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
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Dassel: Ergot Museum
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Dassel: Mushroom Building
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Dawson: Gnometown, USA
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Dawson: Tiny Church
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Deer Creek: Deer Statue
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Deer River: Northern Pike Statue
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Deerwood: Big Leaping Deer
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Delano: Big Chicken
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Detroit Lakes: Becker County Museum Oddities
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Detroit Lakes: Huge Kid Reading a Book
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Downer: Shoe Fence
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Duluth: Bob Dylan's Boyhood Home
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Duluth: Buffalo Statue
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Duluth: Clayton, Jackson, McGhie Memorial
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Duluth: Famous Aerial Lift Bridge
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Duluth: Lake Superior Railroad Museum
- Duluth: Leif Erickson Viking Ship
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Duluth: Statue of Viking Leif Erikson
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Duluth: The Great Catsby
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Eden Prairie: Minnesota Vikings Ship
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Effie: Homemade Mosquito Statue
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Elbow Lake: Big Folk Art: Jesus, Troll, Earth Eagle
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Ely: Cabin of the Root Beer Lady
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Ely: International Wolf Center
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Ely: North American Bear Center
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Ely: Pillow Rocks
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Emmaville: Emmaville Store, Population 4
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Erskine: Indian Lady Made of Cement
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Erskine: World's Largest Northern (a fish)
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Eveleth: Paul Wellstone Memorial
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Eveleth: Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes
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Eveleth: World's Largest Free-Standing Hockey Stick
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Excelsior: Bench for "You Can't Always Get What You Want" Man
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Fairmont: Southern MN Music, Linda McCartney's Meatless Frozen Entrees
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Falcon Heights: Fairchild the State Fair Gopher
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Falcon Heights: Giant Pioneer Woman
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Faribault: A&W Papa Burger
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Faribault: Giant Ants on Roof
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Faribault: Tilt-a-Whirl Invented Here
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Fergus Falls: Big Ship
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Fergus Falls: Broken Down Dam
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Fergus Falls: Closed Insane Asylum
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Fergus Falls: Continental Divide Tripod
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Fergus Falls: Fire Station Sculpture
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Fergus Falls: Indoor Minnesota-Shaped Swimming Pool
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Fergus Falls: Large Canada Goose
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Fergus Falls: Otto the Big Otter
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Fergus Falls: Spartan Statue
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Finland: Tree Trunk St. Urho
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Foley: Grain Bin Sculptures
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Forest Lake: Playground Dragon
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Fosston: Cordwood Pete and Tamarack
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Fosston: Wayside Chapel - Tiny Church
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Fountain: Two-Headed Calf, Padlock of Viking Leif Ericson
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Franconia: Franconia Sculpture Park
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Franklin: Catfish Capital of Minnesota
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Frazee: Big Tom: World's Largest Turkey
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Frazee: Original Big Turkey
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Freeport: Smiley Face Water Tower
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Garrison: Mermaid Lady of the North Shore
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Garrison: Wally Walleye
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Glenwood: Big Wooden Hand
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Glyndon: Large Cement Dog
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Golden Valley: 45th Parallel Rock and Signpost
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Good Thunder: Lillo's Metal Art: Eiffel Tower, Firing Rifle, Jesse James
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Grand Marais: Canoehead Sign
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Grand Marais: Giant Fish Crashing Through Building
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Grand Marais: Naniboujou Painted Lodge
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Grand Meadow: Largest Dome School in Minnesota
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Grand Rapids: Bunyan's Adirondack Chair
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Grand Rapids: Judy Garland Museum and Birthplace Home
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Grand Rapids: Skeletal Scrap Metal Moose
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Granite Falls: Fagen Fighters WWII Museum
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Granite Falls: World's Oldest Rock
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Hackensack: Paul Bunyan Jr.
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Hackensack: Paul Bunyan's Sweetheart Lucette
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Halstad: World's Largest Sugar Beet
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Hampton: Cambodian Buddhist Temple
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Hampton: Vikings, Beach Dude, Gorilla
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Harmony: Niagara Cave
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Henderson: Purple Tribute to Prince
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Henning: Large Stethoscope
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Hibbing: Bob Dylan's Teenage Home
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Hibbing: Greyhound Bus Museum
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Hibbing: Hull Rust Mahoning Mineview
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Hibbing: Paper Mache Statue of Bob Dylan
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Hill City: Big Bear Statue
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Hinckley: Great Hinckley Fire Museum and Mass Grave
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Holdingford: Quirky Metal Art Scenes
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Hopkins: World's Largest Raspberry
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Hutchinson: Death Spot of Little Crow
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Hutchinson: Statue of the Singing Hutchinson Brothers
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International Falls: Big Smokey Bear
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International Falls: Big Statue of Bronko Nagurski
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International Falls: Fisherman Statue
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Inver Grove Heights: B-52 Crash Site
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Isle: Big Fish Statue - Walleye
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Isle: Mean Muskie and Walleye
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Isle: Plywood Paul Bunyan and Babe
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Jacobson: Chief Wrinkle Meat
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Jarrett: Jarrett Rock Garden
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Jasper: Outdoor Collection of Windmills
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Jordan: Minnesota's Largest Candy Store
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Kabetogama: Ellsworth Rock Garden
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Kabetogama: Leapin' Walleye Fish Photo Op
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Karlstad: "Moose Capital of the North" Moose Statue
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Karlstad: Gas Station Moose
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Karlstad: Muffler Man: Bunyan with Guitar
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Kasota: Drive A Tank
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Kelliher: Paul Bunyan's Grave
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Kellogg: Large Cowboy Boot
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Kellogg: Lark Toys
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Kensington: Replica of Runestone at Discovery Spot
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Lake City: Statue: Inventor of Waterskis
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Lake George: The Original Wigwam
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Lakeville: F-86H Sabre Jet
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Lakeville: Hot Sam's: Big Weird Junk
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Lawler: Troll Bar Stools
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Le Sueur: Green Giant Sign
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Le Sueur: Old Brewery Hill Spook Light
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Lindstrom: Meat Market Wiener
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Lindstrom: Swedish Coffee Pot Water Tower
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Little Falls: Traveler: Man of Rocks
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Littlefork: Jack Pine Savage
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Long Beach: Tiny Church
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Long Prairie: Iwo Jima in Steel and Other Tributes
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Longville: Big Chicken on a Roof
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Longville: Bruno the Town Dog
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Longville: Turtle Race Capital of the World
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Luverne: Nutcrackers of Luverne
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Luverne: Tiny Church
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Madison: World's Largest Lutefisk
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Mankato: Largest U.S. Mass Hanging Site
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Mankato: Last Happy Chef
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Marietta: Salt Lake...of Minnesota!
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McIntosh: Concrete Lion
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Menahga: Menahga Area Museum: St. Urho and Wally Wood
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Menahga: Saint Urho: Grasshopper Vanquisher
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Milaca: Cartoon Fireplugs of Milaca
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Milan: Liberty Bell, Viking, and Mural
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Milan: Norwegian Stabbur House
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Millerville: Our Lady of the Hills: Big Virgin Mary
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Minneapolis: Big Rooster
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Minneapolis: Brick Head
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Minneapolis: Giant Molecule
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Minneapolis: Golden Glove
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Minneapolis: Grave of VP Hubert Humphrey
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Minneapolis: House of Balls
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Minneapolis: Huge Bottle Cap
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Minneapolis: Kaleidoscopic Mural of Bob Dylan
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Minneapolis: Lake of the Isles Pencil
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Minneapolis: Lizard Lounge
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Minneapolis: Mari's Place - Yard Art from Junk
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Minneapolis: Mary Tyler Moore Statue
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Minneapolis: Mary Tyler Moore's TV Home
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Minneapolis: Max Rabitat: Big Art Rabbit
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Minneapolis: Minneapolis Sputnik Collection
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Minneapolis: Prince Mural, Eight Stories High
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Minneapolis: Purple Head of Prince
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Minneapolis: Quietest Place on Earth
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Minneapolis: Return Journey Rocket
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Minneapolis: Rock Men - Courthouse Creatures
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Minneapolis: Saturn Sculpture
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Minneapolis: Showmen's Rest Cemetery
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Minneapolis: Spoonbridge and Cherry
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Minneapolis: Statue of Goldy Gopher
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Minneapolis: T-Rex Attacks a Car
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Minneapolis: The Elf Tree
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Minneapolis: The Minnehaha Bunny
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Minneapolis: Tiny Tim's Star, and Others
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Minneapolis: Tiny Tim's Tomb
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Minneapolis: Twelve Vultures Curiosity Shop
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Minneapolis: Urban Shoe Tree
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Minneapolis: Viking Sponsor Ship
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Minneapolis: White Castle Jewelry Store
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Minneapolis: Witch Hat Water Tower
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Minneapolis: World's Only Washington Monument Skyscraper
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Minnetrista: Sculpture Park Mini Golf
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Monticello: Rusty Stagecoach Robbery
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Moorhead: Replica of 12th Century Norway Church
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Moorhead: Viking Ship Replica
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Moorhead: World's Largest Dilly Bar
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Moose Lake: Forest Fire Mass Grave Monument
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Moose Lake: Moose Statue
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Mora: 22-Foot-Tall Dala Horse
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Morristown: Talking Moose
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Mound: Big Crows Made of Tires
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Mountain Lake: Burger Family
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Nevis: Heart of Minnesota Emu Ranch Tours
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Nevis: World's Largest Tiger Muskie
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New Prague: Large Panfish Statue
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New Ulm: Big Footprint of Hermann the German
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New Ulm: Glockenspiel Clock Tower
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New Ulm: Hermann the German
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New Ulm: Schell's - German Brewery Fun
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New York Mills: Tractor Sculpture, Other Scrap Art
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Nisswa: Original Home of the Turtle Races
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Nodine: Culvert Man
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North Mankato: 10-Foot-Tall Steel Godzilla
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North St. Paul: World's Largest Stucco Snowman
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Northfield: Last Bank Jesse James Tried to Rob
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Northome: Towering Bear
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Ogilvie: Rusty the Dragon
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Olivia: Giant Corn Gazebo
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Orr: Big Bluegill Fish Statue
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Ortonville: Paul Bunyan's Anchor
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Ottertail: Otto the Clown
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Ottertail: Ten-Foot-Tall Otter
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Owatonna: Cabela's: Dead Animals in Big Store
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Owatonna: Three T-38 Jets Statue
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Park Rapids: Large Neglected Loon
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Park Rapids: Mississippi River Starts Here
- Pelican Rapids: World's Largest Pelican
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Pennington: Horrible Bear
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Pequot Lakes: Beanhole Days: Burying of the Beans
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Pequot Lakes: Fishing Bobber Water Tower
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Pequot Lakes: Paul Bunyan Statue
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Pequot Lakes: Paul Bunyans Chair
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Perham: Large Playground Turtle, Town Turtle Races
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Pine City: Stainless Native, Swamping Canoe
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Pine City: Tall Voyageur Statue
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Pine River: Paul Bunyan's Baby Booties
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Pine River: Paul Bunyan's Boots, Now Footprints
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Pipestone: Big Peace Pipe
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Pipestone: Concrete Water Tower
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Pipestone: The Old Stone Face
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Plainview: Big Bull Statue
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Plymouth: Commercial Diver Memorial
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Preston: Huge Trout Statue
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Preston: Two-Way Oldsmobile
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Princeton: A-Z Happy Chef
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Prior Lake: Casino Teepee of Light
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Proctor: F-101 Jet on a Stick
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Proctor: Front Yard Titanic
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Ranier: Big Vic: Voyageur Statue
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Rapidan: Rapidan Dam Store - That Dam Humor
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Red Lake: Giant Eagle Buildings
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Red Lake: Large Eagle Sculpture
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Red Wing: Aliveo Military Museum
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Red Wing: Horse Made of Scrap Metal
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Red Wing: World's Largest Boot
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Remer: Big Bald Eagle
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Remer: Home of Bigfoot
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Rochester: Ear of Corn Water Tower
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Rochester: Giant Medical Scooter
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Rochester: Transparent Man
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Rockville: Bass Fish Statue
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Rockville: Twin Towers Relic: One of the Last
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Rothsay: World's Largest "Booming" Prairie Chicken
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Royalton: Man-Eating Clam
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Rush City: World's Largest Walleye
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Saint Peter: Saint Peter's Pearly Gates
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Sanborn: Tour the Sod House
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Sauk Centre: Glowing Tombstone
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Schroeder: Father Baraga's Boat Miracle
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Sedan: Toaster Tree
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Shakopee: Sever's Corn Maze
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Shoreview: 1920s Texaco Gas Station
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Silver Bay: Rocky Taconite
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Sleepy Eye: Cow-Reindeer Statue and Odd Mailbox
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Sleepy Eye: The Real Linus Statue
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Soudan: Deepest Place You Can Go In America
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Spring Grove: Troll, Viking, and Bear
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Spring Valley: Indian Statue
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Squaw Lake: Large Canada Goose
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St. Bonifacius: Nike Hercules Missile
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St. Cloud: Two-Headed Pig
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St. Louis Park: Beehive Fireplace
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St. Louis Park: Roller Garden with Dinosaur
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St. Paul: Big Bronze Peanuts Comics Characters
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St. Paul: Big Golden Eagle
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St. Paul: Birthplace of F. Scott Fitzgerald
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St. Paul: Can Can Wonderland: Mini-Golf
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St. Paul: Changsha Friendship Pagoda
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St. Paul: Famous Mickey's Dining Car
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St. Paul: Forgotten Joyce Kilmer Memorial Fireplace
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St. Paul: Giant Braille Book
- St. Paul: Hand-Carved Statue of Liberty
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St. Paul: Humphrey the Happy Warrior
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St. Paul: Large Green Chair
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St. Paul: Minnesota's Mummified Monkey
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St. Paul: Smallest Museum in Minnesota
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St. Paul: Twin City Model Railroad Museum
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St. Paul: Wabasha Street Caves Tour
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St. Paul: Western Sculpture Park
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St. Stephen: Big Bed
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Starbuck: Big Hobo, Starbuck, Largest Lefse Sign
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Stephen: UFO Smashed Car Here
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Thief River Falls: Chief Moose Dung Statue
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Tower: World's First Memorial to Slain McKinley
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Two Harbors: Big Peter Toth Indian Head
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Two Harbors: Carved Tree Trunk Voyageur
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Two Harbors: Large Rooster
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Two Harbors: Pierre the Pantsless Voyageur
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Two Harbors: Sandpaper Museum
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Two Harbors: Sleep in a Boxcar
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Vergas: World's Largest Loon
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Viking: Tin Farmer Man
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Vining: Ken Nyberg's Workshop
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Vining: Nyberg Sculpture Park
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Vining: The Big Foot
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Virginia: Big Uncle Sam
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Virginia: Sawed-Off Sawyer Sculpture
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Virginia: World's Largest Floating Loon
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Wabasso: Large White Rabbit
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Walker: Circle of Time
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Walker: Paul Bunyan's Guest House
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Walnut Grove: Laura Ingalls Wilder Sod Hut Spot
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Warren: Car Smashed By UFO
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Wasioja: Seminary Ruins, Civil War Memorial and Recruiting Station
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Welcome: Horse and Human Drinking Fountain
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West St. Paul: Smallest Dedicated Park in the United States
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West Union: Limo Buried Hood-First in a Field
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West Union: Metal Farm Animals
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Wheaton: Big Mallard
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White Bear Lake: Large Polar Bear
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Willmar: Golden Chief Kandiyohi Statue
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Willmar: Great Northern Locomotive
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Windom: Curt's Aluminum Statues
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Winger: Polar Bear and Dead Seal
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Winona: Fort Ticonderoga Tombstone
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Winton: Lumberjack Statue
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Wrenshall: World's Largest Former White Stag
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Wykoff: Ed's Museum
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Wykoff: Jail Haus Bed & Breakfast
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Wyoming: Happy Chef, Now a Pizza Chef
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Wyoming: Tow Mater and Sheriff
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Zumbrota: Only Covered Bridge in Minnesota
Gone But Not Forgotten
Closed and extinct places -- the classics and the quirky. A virtual revisit, even if it's just to milk them for one more chuckle...
- Albert Lea: Farmer - Pitchfork Pete
- Austin: Berenstain Bears Museum
- Baxter: Bowling Bunyan and Babe
- Blaine: Space Aliens Grill & Bar
- Brainerd: 1930s Paul Bunyan and Babe Statue
- Brainerd: Wild Things Hay Bales
- Chisholm: Pellet Pete
- Crosslake: Cartoony Tiki Man
- Dawson: Pink Elephant With Oil Drum Head
- Detroit Lakes: 25-Sport Fishing Pole
- Duluth: Steven Seagull, Polite Knocker
- Elk River: Dinosaur - Triceratops
- Elk River: Giant Ladle Fountain
- Faribault: Tin Man Family
- Floodwood: Carved Wooden Catfish
- Glenwood: Pottyville - Outhouse Collection
- Grand Rapids: Toilet Bowl Gardens
- Grand Rapids: Wizard of Oz Mural
- Harmony: Slim's Woodshed: America's Largest Woodcarving Museum
- Herman: Herman Iron Pour
- Hibbing: Zimmy's - Dylan-themed Restaurant
- Jackson: Museum of Deth: Megadeth Coffee Shop
- Janesville: Frankenstein Monster
- Le Sueur: Old Jolly Green Giant Signs
- Lutsen: Tin Man and Metal Sculptures
- Minneapolis: Museum of Questionable Medical Devices
- Montgomery: Big Honza's Museum of Unnatural History
- Mounds View: 30-Foot-Tall Mermaid
- Nisswa: Babe the Blue Ox
- Onamia: Bull Statue (Gone)
- Orr: Big Wooden Chair
- Owatonna: Rock 'n' Roll McDonald's
- Owatonna: Warrior King Jesus on a White Stallion
- Pelland Junction: Willy the Worm
- Pequot Lakes: Pizza Sphinx
- Spring Lake Park: Goony Golf
- Spring Valley: A&W Papa Burger
- Spring Valley: Three Stooges Chainsaw Carvings
- St. Paul: Bird of Goodwill
- St. Peter: Soderlund Pharmacy Museum
- Virginia: Mineview in the Sky
- Wabasha: Joe Suilman's Museum
- Wabasha: Tow Mater
- Waite Park: Smiley Face Water Tower
- Zimmerman: The Sinking Barn
- Zumbrota: Obama's Pie Stop