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</div><p id="f210">We were in Minnesota earlier this summer driving down I-90 when the “Jolly Green Giant Sculpture” popped up on my Google Map in Blue Earth, Minnesota.</p><figure id="17a4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*[email protected]"><figcaption>Jolly Green Giant Park. Photo by author.</figcaption></figure><p id="37e4">Well anyone who knows me, knows I am going to make Rich turn off the interstate and pull in to something like this.</p><figure id="a62e"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*[email protected]"><figcaption>RV at Jolly Green Giant Park. Photo by author.</figcaption></figure><p id="bb54">The Jolly Green Giant Statue Park gives plenty of room for a 38' RV towing a car to pull in and park and turn around. It was a nice place to stop and take a short break.</p><figure id="b23d"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*[email protected]"><figcaption>Sign at Jolly Green Giant Park. Photo by author</figcaption></figure><p id="77b9">According to an article posted at Roadside America, the statue stands 55.5 feet high. He was built in 1978 and officially
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bolted to his permanent base next to the county fairgrounds on July 6, 1979. He is made of fiberglass, wears a size 78 shoe, and weighs 8,000 pounds.</p><div id="5a41" class="link-block">
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<h2>Jolly Green Giant, Blue Earth, Minnesota</h2>
<div><h3>Over 55 feet tall, the Giant marks the mid-point of I-90 (America's longest highway) and "the valley" that his…</h3></div>
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</div><p id="16b5">There is a museum on the grounds but it was not open at the time we were there.</p><figure id="27c7"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*[email protected]"><figcaption>Welcome Center & Giant Musesum sign. Photo by author.</figcaption></figure><p id="322f">If you are ever traveling down I-90 in Minnesota, be sure to pull off and see the Jolly Green Giant Statue. It was a fun place to see.</p></article></body>
