Minnesota is full of fascinating and often humorous stories of strange places, bizarre events, intriguing history and colorful characters: – A SPAM museum, located in the town of Austin, is dedicated entirely to that canned meat product – F. Scott Fitzgerald, Judy Garland and Bob Dylan are all native Minnesotans – The Mall of America in Bloomington covers an area of 9.5 million square feet–roughly the size of 78 football fields – Minnesota is the birthplace of the Jolly Green Giant and Wheaties cereal, masking and Scotch tape, Bisquick, Aveda beauty products and the stapler – The world’s largest pelican statue stands more than 15 feet tall in downtown Pelican Rapids, near Pelican River – Minneapolis’ famed skyway system connects 52 blocks of the downtown core – The state has 15,291 lakes and 90,000 miles of shoreline, which is more than California, Florida and Hawaii’s shorelines combined – Minnesota has the most groomed snowmobile trails in the country–2000 miles worth. And so much more…
Author: Jeff Neidt, Lisa Wojna
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Blue Bike Books
Published: 03/01/2008
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.29h x 5.43w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9781897278338
Language: English
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