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Magnetic Rock Trail

Grand Marais, MN

A large iron-rich rock near the end of this Gunflint Trail hike can noticeably affect a compass. The phenomenon is geological rather than paranormal, but the isolated boulder gives travelers a simple physical experiment in the middle of the forest.

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

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Source: fs.usda.gov/superior

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