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Buffalo, Minnesota: Giant Wooden Nickel

Though this 20-foot-tall Buffalo nickel is outside a town named Buffalo, it stands on private property and apparently has nothing to do with the town.

Address:
2573 50th St. NE, Buffalo, MN
Directions:
Drive northeast from town on MN-25. At milepost 62 turn east onto MN-113/50th St. NE. Drive a half-mile. On the left, on private property.
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Wooden Buffalo Nickel

Giant wooden Buffalo Nickel.

[Amanda, 04/01/2020]

You'd think that a giant 2018 Buffalo Nickel would've been built in Buffalo to mark its 100th birthday, but in fact Buffalo was incorporated in 1856, and the nickel is out in the country, on the front lawn of a private apple farm.


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