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BIG Paul Bunyans can be

J-Town Knitter — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:58:02 -0500

BIG Paul Bunyans can be found in several places in northern Minnesota. In Bemidji, Paul and Babe stand on the shore of Lake Bemidji in a city park with a visitors' center. Almost every time you drive by them, there are folks standing beneath, mugging for the camera. When the Olympic curlers team from Bemidji won the gold, Paul sported a gold medal and a curling cap. Very dapper. My favorite Paul Bunyan is in Akeley, Minnesota. He crouches down with a cupped hand, and visitors are cradled in his palm as they are photographed. Then there is Lucette Diana Kensack, Paul Bunyan's big girlfriend, who stands on the shore of Birch Lake in Hackensack, Minnesota, just off Hwy. 371. I believe her large hoop skirt houses the lawn-mowing equipment for the lakeside park where she stands.

That's what I figured when I

Brandon — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:54:47 -0500

That's what I figured when I left Alexandria to find it - something that tall should be easy to find, right? Wrong. I probably could have gotten there if I would have stopped to ask for directions. But I hate asking for directions.

THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN! It was

Lori Carlson — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:43:23 -0500

THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN! It was a landmark -- and a mile marker -- for me as I made the frequent drive between St. Cloud (my hometown) and Moorhead (where I attended college).

When the prairie chicken appeared, I knew I had about 30 more miles to go before I reached Moorhead. My friends and I went to "the chicken" to have our photos taken with the regional celebrity. Some (who shall go unnamed) planned field trips to the chicken, where they would party under the wings of the big bird.

I haven't seen that chicken in years...might be time for a road trip.

The twine ball in Darwin is

Mathias Baden — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:15:59 -0500

The twine ball in Darwin is a usual stop on our way to Willmar. You wouldn't want it to roll on top of you. It weighs 17,400 pounds. This is a good read: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/MNDARtwine.html.

P.S. Brandon, how could you live in a town and not be able to find the biggest of anything, let alone Paul Bunyan?

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Whenever we visit my wife's

Ray Sandey — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:02:14 -0500

Whenever we visit my wife's reletives in North Dakota we stop at a great little cafe in Rothsay, Minnesota. The Cafe is across the street from the worlds largest Prairie Chicken.

World's biggest

Brandon — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:15:36 -0500

My former hometown is home to the World’s Largest “M.” I’ve also lived in a town that was home to a giant fiberglass Viking (Alexandria) and visited towns that housed the world’s largest cho