The Apple Statue is located in Bayfield in Wisconsin’s Bayfield County. This enormous fiberglass apple is complete with a green leaf on top and sits outside Weber Orchards. The Bayfield area is known for it’s incredible apples and even hosts an Annual Apple Festival celebrating the autumn harvest. The Queen of the Bayfield Apple Festival […]
The Junk Football Player is located 9 miles (14.4km) west of Ashland in Wisconsin’s Bayfield County outside Pagac’s Bar. He is a Green Bay Packer quarterback sculpture made of scrap metal. Instead of a football, he’s tossing a beer keg.
The Statue of Viking Leif Erikson is located at the entrance of Duluth’s Leif Erikson Park in Minnesota’s St Louis County. It was constructed by sculptor John Karl Daniels in 1956 and stands 13 feet (3.9m) tall. The engraving below the statue reads “Leif Erikson, Discoverer of America, 1000 A.D. Sponsored and erected by the […]
Pierre the Voyageur is located outside the Earthwood Inn in Two Harbors in Minnesota’s Lake County. Pierre is a pantless 20 foot (6m) tall French Canadian fur trapper constructed in 1960. He is composed of wide range of mediums including concrete, chicken wire, railroad ties and telephone poles. This bare thighed voyageur stands heroically with […]
The Large Rooster is located outside Weldon’s Gift Shop in Two Harbors in Minnesota’s Lake County. This 8 foot (2.4m) tall fiberglass rooster greets you as you enter the town coming north from Duluth on Highway 61. The bright red, yellow and white rooster is hard to miss and has been perched over the stretch […]
The Native American by Peter Toth is located at the grounds of the R.J. Houle Visitor Center in Two Harbors in Minnesota’s Lake County. It was carved in 1977 by Peter Toth as part of his Whispering Giants theme where he carved one for every state. This is one of two in the series that […]
Rocky Taconite is located in Silver Bay in Minnesota’s Lake County. He is a jaunty fellow made of thick iron constructed into large spheres with a hammer to make up his head and body. He was erected in 1962 and stands atop a large boulder of taconite. Rocky can be found on Highway 5 welcoming […]
The Beaver House Fish is located in Grand Marais in Minnesota’s Cook County. It is a giant walleye diving through the roof and protruding out the side of the Beaver House. It was constructed of fiberglass by local artist Jim Korf in the early 1990s. The Beaver House is in downtown Grand Marais operates as […]
The Thunder Bay Marina Sculptures are located in Thunder Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country. There are over a dozen art installations at the Marina Park by local artists. “The Celebration Circle Panels” are by artists Randy and Roy Thomas, each panel references the artist’s Ahnisnabae culture including images of Turtle Island and the Thunderbird. “2 […]
The Pine Crest Totem Pole is located in Nipigon in Ontario’s Superior Country. This totem pole was carved from one tree by local chain saw artist Bob Bearman. It stands tall over highway 11/17 and a depicts 9 different animals/people stacked on top of each other with a vibrant eagle with out spread wings perched […]
The Powderhorn Mt. skier statue is found in Bessemer, one mile east of Ironwood in Michigan’s Gogebic County. This giant fiberglass skier can be found at the entrance to Big Powderhorn Mountain. He stands on a small ski slope that reads “Skiing Capital of the Midwest” depicting the fun that visitors will have there.
Paddle to the Sea is located in the park in downtown Nipigon in Ontario’s Superior Country. “Paddle” is a giant man in a canoe statue that sits at the top of a set of stairs with a man made waterfall cascading below him. This statue is based on the Holling C. Holling’s book “Paddle to […]