Green giant statue in US, is visited by thousands of tourists every year
News24xx.com - Not a few iconic statues in the world that attract tourists to visit. One of them is a green giant statue in America that is visited by thousands of tourists per year.
Located in the City of Blue Earth, 200 km from Minneapolis in Minnesota, United States, stands a giant green statue known as the Jolly Green Giant. Judging from the Explore Minnesota site, Tuesday, July 24th 2018, the height is known to reach more than 16 meters.
History, the statue was first built on July 6th, 1979 by Paul Hedberg who is the owner of a local radio station. The purpose he built the statue was quite simple, namely to attract the impoverished tourists to the city.
The result, there comes a giant statue with green leaf-patterned costumes. His figure was inspired from the mascot of the Jolly Green Giant Company. Paul's efforts were not in vain. His giant sculpture was soon known as one of Minnesota's state icons.
In fact, not a few tourists who come to town just to see and take pictures with the statue. Known, no fewer than 10,000 tourists come to see the statue every year as reported by the Daily Mail.
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