John EngerLocals claim the behemoth concrete forms of Paul Bunyan and his blue ox Babe, built on the shore of Lake Bemidji in 1937, are the second most photographed statues in the country. Some say Mount Rushmore comes first, others insist it’s the Statue of Liberty. Soon the beefy statues could shoulder a new Read more →
MPR News From our outstate correspondents
By John Enger
MPR News reporter based in Bemidji, Minn.
Sometime between ice out and the dreaded first mosquito hatch, a new crop of public art sculptures sprouts up along the streets of Bemidji.
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