Akeley, Minnesota, will celebrate Paul Bunyan Days this weekend. All through the year, people stop to take pictures at the statue of Paul Bunyan located along Minnesota Highway 34. But just who ...

Paul Bunyan is a staple of Minnesota lore. If you haven't heard the stories of Paul Bunyan, we'll talk about it briefly, but ...

The Paul Bunyan statue in Akeley is about 25 feet tall and sits — well, kneels — outside the Paul Bunyan Historical Museum. This week our summer festival spotlight series takes us to Akeley ...

The town of Akeley honors its claim to being Bunyan’s birthplace by displaying the “World’s Largest Paul Bunyan Statue” — if he ever stood up. As it is, he is kneeling, his right palm ...

Today, images of Bunyan statues fill Minnesota family photo albums — standing tall in onetime lumber boomtowns Bemidji, Brainerd and Akeley. “That lovable Paul, by all accounts, was likely ...

Park Rapids is a popular destination for the Fourth of July. The Fourth of July celebration begins at 9 a.m. with the Firecracker Footrace in Heartland Park. The Park Rapids Lakes Area Chamber of ...

A 10-foot statue of Babe was added by Bunyan’s side two years later, and the pair have been a huge sensation ever since. In the tiny town of Akeley, the world’s largest Paul Bunyan lives.

Minnesota erected Bunyan statues in the towns of Bemidji, Akeley, and Brainerd amid the lakes and forests of Northern Minnesota. Visitors can see the best of the region on the 115-mile-long Paul ...

By the way, Bemidji's mascot isn't the only Paul in Minnesota; there are actually a handful of them. Akeley has a new-ish one of Mr. Bunyan down on one knee, while Brainerd has both a Paul and a ...