The world's largest pelican stands at the base of the Mill Pond dam on the Pelican River, right in downtown Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. The 15 1/2 feet tall concrete statue was built in 1957.
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The first open heart surgery and the first bone marrow transplant in the United States were done at the University of Minnesota.
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Akeley, Minnesota is birthplace and home of world's largest Paul Bunyan Statue. The kneeling Paul Bunyan is 20 feet tall. He might be the claimed 33 feet tall, if he were standing.