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Michael Reinhardt

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Places I've been

Places this traveler has marked as been there.

Over 1000 tiny things at any time, constantly changing.

Fargo, North Dakota

Tiny Things

North Dakota's smallest store only has tiny items.

World's largest prairie chicken.

Rothsay, Minnesota

World’s Largest Prairie Chicken

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

Another angle of Otto the Otter. Do not use this picnic table to climb the otter.

Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Otto the Otter

The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.

Devil's Kettle.

Grand Marais, Minnesota

Devil's Kettle

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

Large taxidermy lion

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Twelve Vultures

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

Teddy Bear Park plaque unmasking its formerly anonymous donors

Stillwater, Minnesota

Teddy Bear Park

A park full of giant teddy bear statues was an anonymous gift to its host city

Tons of items

North St Paul, Minnesota

Studio Payne Oddities Shop

Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.

The man-eaters of Tsavo at the Field Museum, Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Tsavo Man Eaters

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Sponsored By Enjoy Illinois
"Impossible Meeting" by Marina Zumi.

Chicago, Illinois

Wabash Arts Corridor

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

The DNA Discovery Center

Chicago, Illinois

The DNA Discovery Center

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

The Scout

Seville, Spain

The Scout

The friendship between Kansas City and Seville materialized in this sculpture

Mirror Lakes

Te Anau, New Zealand

Mirror Lakes

Small lakes provide outstanding reflective views of the Earl Mountains

Swedish Coffee Pot Tower

Lindstrom, Minnesota

Swedish Coffee Pot Tower

An old water tower converted into a functioning large Swedish coffee pot showcases Lindström, Minnesota's Swedish roots

Shrine to Anglers

Hayward, Wisconsin

Shrine to Anglers

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

Stormy Kromer Cap

Ironwood, Michigan

Giant Stormy Kromer Cap

A larger-than-life version of the hat beloved by hunters, outdoorsmen, and Holden Caulfield.

Entrance to the Dee

Houghton, Michigan

Dee Stadium

The birthplace of professional hockey on the shores of Portage Lake.

Caverne Milodon au Chili

Natales, Chile

Milodon Cave Natural Monument

The prehistoric home of an enormous ground sloth that once roamed Patagonia

Italian Hall's original archway

Calumet, Michigan

Italian Hall Memorial

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

Quincy Dredge #2

Hancock, Michigan

Quincy Dredge #2

Rusting hulk stands in testament to the Keweenaw Peninsula’s rich history of copper mining.

45 X 90 Geographical Marker

Athens, Wisconsin

45 X 90 Geographical Marker

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

The "Chamber Hodag" in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.

Rhinelander, Wisconsin

The Hodag

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

Gatherings Cafe

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Gatherings Cafe

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

Pavek Museum

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pavek Museum

Explore the History & Technology of Electronic Communication

Fuel Tank Orca Mural

Palmer Station, Antarctica

Fuel Tank Orca Mural

An enormous mural of a leaping orca painted on a fuel tank at a remote Antarctic base.

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