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Northome, Minnesota: Towering Bear

20-foot-tall wood-carved bear in the heart of town. Northome is the self-proclaimed, "Big Bear Capital of Minnesota."

Address:
12079 Main St., Northome, MN
Directions:
Downtown, on the northeast corner of MN-46/2nd St. and MN-1/Main St.
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Bear statue.

Tall Wood-Carved Bear

Northome features a 20-foot-tall wood-carved bear statue in a small park in town. Northome is the self-proclaimed, "Big Bear Capital of Minnesota."

[Seth H, 12/18/2018]

Bear.

Towering Bear

There is a strange looking bear in Northome. Underneath it reads the sign "Future Home of Memorial Arboretum."

[Holly Diestler, 05/13/2008]

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In the region:
Niiemii - Dancing Indian, Bemidji, MN - 39 mi.

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