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Big Ole

Alexandria, MN

A 28-foot Viking towers over Alexandria's waterfront, a surviving piece of Minnesota's 1965 New York World's Fair promotion. The deliberately oversized warrior became the city's enduring symbol and a classic lake-country photo stop.

Filed under roadside oddities: giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.

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Source: alexandriamn.org/history.html

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