Don McFarland, who owned the Paul Bunyan Amusement Center, said in 2003 that attendance had declined from about 125,000 (20 years earlier) to 76,000. Smude and Rademacher declined to detail Paul ...

There's even a bike trail named after him. Of course there's the animatronic version at Paul Bunyan Land in the Brainerd lakes area: And Bunyan and Babe have been long-time residents on the shores ...

The Brainerd area lost a giant-sized landmark in September when the Paul Bunyan statue that was the major drawing card for Baxter's Paul Bunyan Amusement Center was moved to its new home at This ...

Case in point: Cragun's Resort Golf & Conference Center in Brainerd is launching a Paul Bunyan Fest in September. While it's not home to the Paul Bunyan statue at the city's Welcome Center ...

About 150 miles down the Mississippi River, Brainerd, at the geographic center of Minnesota, considers itself the ”hometown of Paul Bunyan.” A 15-foot statue of Babe calls attention to the ...

A second Paul Bunyan can also be found in Brainerd at the city’s welcome center. Built in 2006 by a local artist, the statue is about 12-feet-tall and displayed in a seated position. According ...

She said she doesn't argue with any of the Paul Bunyan claimants. And, when Brainerd was touting that ... Carol Olson, Bemidji Tourist Information Center manager, said one of the Paul-and-Babe ...