Contents -- Map of Minnesota Marvels -- Minnesota Marvels by Region -- Author's Note -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Minnesota Marvels -- Akeley: World's Largest Paul Bunyan: Birthplace of Paul Bunyan -- Albert Lea: Itasca Rock Garden: Castles and Trolls -- Alexandria: Kensington Runestone: Birthplace of America -- Austin: The Spam Museum: The "Miracle Meat" Mecca -- Beaver Bay: Split Rock Lighthouse State Park: On the Lake They Call Gitchee Gumee -- Belle Plaine: Home of the Two-Story Outhouse: Historic Privy Skyscraper -- Bemidji: Fireplace of the States: Stones from Sea to Shining Sea -- The Original Paul Bunyan: Symbol of the American Worker -- Bena: Big Fish Supper Club: Drive-In Muskie -- Bloomington: The Mall of America: Shopping Space Station -- Thunderbird Motel: Totem Pole Dining Room and Pow-wow Lounge -- Blue Earth: The Jolly Green Giant: Shoe Size: 78, Smile: 48 Inches Long -- Bongards: Humongous Holstein: Milk the Fiberglass Cow -- Brainerd: Paul Bunyan Amusement Center: World's Largest Talking Paul Bunyan -- Burnsville: Fantasuite Hotel: "Blast Off in Our Space Capsule Waterbed!" -- Calumet: Hill Annex Mine: The Open Pit Mine Tour -- Chisholm: Ironworld Discovery Center: The Concentrator, the Agglomerator, and the Pelletizer -- Cloquet: Frank Lloyd Wright Gas Station: Fill 'er Up with Modernism -- Cold Spring: Grasshopper Chapel: Miraculous Salvation from an Insect Swarm -- Crosby: Nordic Inn Medieval B & B: Viking Valhalla -- Darwin: World's Largest Ball of Twine: Man's Dream Realized -- Delano: Blue-Eyed Chicken: "Famous across the Nation" -- Duluth: Glensheen Mansion: Murder Estate -- William A. Irvin Steamer: The Big Tour -- World's Largest Aerial Lift Bridge: Elevator to the Heavens -- Embarrass: The Nation's Cold Spot: "Freeze Yer Gizzard" -- Eveleth: U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame: World's Largest Hockey Stick.

Excelsior: Minnehaha Streetcar Boat: Raised from the Deep -- Fergus Falls: World's Largest Otter: Part Jungle Gym, Part Sculpture -- Frazee: World's Largest Turkey: Tons of Roast Meat -- Garrison: Walleye Capital of the World: Happy Fishing Grounds -- Grand Rapids: Judy Garland Tour: Follow the Yellow Brick Road -- Hackensack: Home of Paul Bunyan's Sweetheart: Robert Frost Roadside Attraction -- Harmony: Crystal Wedding Chapel: Underground Eloping in Niagara Cave -- Hibbing: Greyhound Bus Origin Center: "From Hibbing to Everywhere!" -- World's Largest Open Pit Iron Ore Mine: Near the Town That Moved -- Hinckley: Fire Museum: In the Former "Town Built of Wood" -- International Falls: Grand Mound: Prehistoric Colossus in Frostbite Falls -- Kellogg: Lark Toy Museum: "Ticky Tack Tourist Trap" -- Lake City: The Home of Waterskiing: Ralph Samuelson: Daredevil of the Waves -- Le Sueur: W.W. Mayo House: Microscope Saves the World -- Lindstrom: Little Sweden: Välkommen till Lindström -- Little Falls: Charles Lindbergh House: The Lone Eagle's Hideaway -- Madison: Lutefisk Capital, U.S.A.: Lye-Soaked Manna -- Menagha: Saint Urho, Scourge of Grasshoppers: Patron Saint of Finland -- Minneapolis: Bakken Library and Museum: Electric Eels and X Rays Can Cure Anything -- The Band Box: Fasten the Turnbuckles and Serve up Supper -- Fort Snelling: Minnesota's First Tourist Destination -- Minnehaha Falls: Lovers' Rendezvous -- Foshay Tower: Minnesota's Washington Monument -- Lake Harriet Trolley and Museum: The Mob and GM Dismantle the Streetcars -- Museum of Questionable Medical Devices: From Radium Massages to Electroshock Therapy -- Ray Crump's Baseball Hall of Fame: Build It and They Will Come -- Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and Loring Park: Cherry Spoon and Glass Fish -- Weisman Art Museum: Not Another Brick Lump.

Mora: World's Largest Dala Horse: Swedish Craft, American Style -- Nevis: World's Largest Tiger Muskie: Into the Mouth of the Beast -- New Ulm: Little Deutschland: Lederhosen, Schnitzel, and Beer -- New York Mills: Art Park and Philosophy Parade: Home of the Great American Think-Off -- Northwest Angle: Fort St. Charles: The Life of an Angle-ite -- Olivia: Corn Capital: World Capital Intrigue -- Pelican Rapids: World's Largest Pelican: "A Part of All of Us" -- Pequot Lakes: Paul Bunyan's Fishing Bobber: Relics of the Giant -- Pine City: Perseverance the Voyageur: World's Largest Chainsaw Sculpture? -- Ranier: Big Vic the Voyageur: The Protest Statue -- Redwood Falls: Lower Sioux Agency Historic Site: "Let Them Eat Grass!" -- Minnesota Inventors Hall of Fame: Puffing Cannons to Pacemakers -- Roseau: Polaris Snowmobile Tours: Iron Dogs on Ice -- Rothsay: World's Largest Prairie Chicken: Nine-Thousand-Pound Fertility Charm -- Royalton: Treasure City: Minnesota's Wall Drug -- St. Louis Park: Pavek's Museum of Wonderful Wireless: "What Hath God Wrought?" -- St. Paul: El Dorado Conquistador Collection: Black Velvet to Hardened Foam -- Forepaugh and Griggs Mansions: Haunted Houses -- Gangster Tours: Ma Barker, Baby Face Nelson, and Alvin "Creepy" Karpis -- The God of Peace: Onyx John -- Iggy the Lizard: The Science Museum's Mascot -- Jackson Street Railroad Roundhouse: Hub of "The Largest Railway in the World" -- St. Paul/Minneapolis: Schmidt and Grain Belt Breweries: A Tale of Two Beers -- Sauk Centre: Sinclair Lewis's Hometown: Main Street, U.S.A. -- Sauk Rapids: Molehill Rock Garden: Reincarnation Paradise -- Soudan: Soudan Mine: Journey to the Center of the Earth -- Sparta, Wisconsin: F.A.S.T.: Where the Statues Come From -- Stillwater: Vittorio's Bootlegger Caves: Spelunking in Style -- Two Harbors: 3M/Dwan Sandpaper Museum: Keeping the World Smooth.

Vining: Small Town Sculpture Park: Home of the Swollen Big Toe -- Virginia: World's Largest Floating Loon: Decoy on Silver Lake -- Wabasha: Anderson House Hotel: Working Sleeper Cats -- Walnut Grove: Laura Ingalls Wilder Tour: Little Museum on the Prairie -- Winona: Julius C. Wilkie Steamboat: Steam Breaks Speed Records -- Wykoff: Ed's Museum: Packrat's Paradise -- Minnesota Events -- Aitkin: Fish House Parade -- Austin: Spam Town, U.S.A., Festival -- Blackduck: Duck Days -- Crosslake: Drive-In Church -- Cuyuna: Woodtick Races -- Deer River: Wild Rice Festival -- Falcon Heights: Minnesota State Fair -- La Crescent: King Apple Grand Parade -- Luverne: Buffalo Days -- Minneapolis: Aquatennial Milk Carton Boat Races -- Art Car Parade -- Northfield: Defeat of Jesse James Days -- Pequot Lakes: Beanhole Days -- Red Wing: Prairie Island Powwow -- St. Paul: Winter Carnival -- Walker: International Eelpout Festival -- Waterville: Bullhead Days -- Whalen: Stand Still Parade -- Worthington: Great Gobbler Gallop -- Bibliography -- Permissions for Photographs -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.