Minnesota

• There are 69,200 miles of rivers and streams in Minnesota.

• Minnesota produces more turkeys each year than there are people in California.

• St. Paul was previously known as Pig’s Eye Landing, after the French-Canadian whiskey trader Pierre Parrant, nicknamed Pig’s Eye.

• The state contains the largest copper-nickel deposits in the world and provides over 80% of the nation’s iron ore.

• Minnesota has more bike trails than any other state in the country.


• A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his head

• A woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.

• A Michigan law states that a wife's hair legally belongs to her husband.

• It's illegal to tease skunks.

• All bathtubs must have feet.

• Every man in Brainerd, Minnesota is required by law to grow a beard.

• St. Cloud - Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays.

• Cottage Grove - You may not land in a state park with a parachute on.

• Minneapolis - Red cars may not drive down Lake Street.

• Wayland - Anyone can keep their cow on downtown Main Street at a cost of 3 cents per day.


• Darwin - Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota

• Akeley - World's Largest Paul Bunyan

• Alexandria - Big Ole: America's Biggest Viking - A 28-foot-tall Viking warrior towers over this town of proud Nordic transplants.

• Austin - SPAM Museum - Hormel's tribute to its most iconic product. Spam history. Spam making, Spam art, Spam souvenirs.

• Blue Earth - Jolly Green Giant - Over 55 feet tall, the Giant marks the mid-point of I-90 (America's longest highway) and "the valley" that his multi-national corporation calls home.