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The World's Largest Boot, on display at the Red Wing Shoe Company in Red Wing. (Photo by CreativeCommons user Axiom71 | licensed under CC BY 3.0)
The World's Largest Boot, on display at the Red Wing Shoe Company in Red Wing. (Photo by CreativeCommons user Axiom71 | licensed under CC BY 3.0)

Largest walleye caught, by weight, certified by the Department of Natural Resources: 17 pounds, 8 ounces

Weight, in pounds, of “world’s largest walleye” statute in Rush City: 2,000

Shoe size of “world’s largest boot” in Red Wing: 638 1/2

Biggest recorded Norway pine in the state: 120 feet tall, 115 inches in circumference

Biggest recorded tamarack in the nation, located in Crow Wing County:  71 feet tall, 133 inches in circumference

In square miles, the size of Lake Superior, the largest freshwater lake in the world: 31,700

                Maximum depth of Lake Superior, in feet: 1,290

Size, in acres, of Red Lake, Minnesota’s largest lake by surface area, within state borders: 288,800

Rank of Minneapolis-based Cargill among nation’s largest private companies, according to Forbes: 1

                Billions in 2014 revenue: $120.4

                Number of employees: 153,000

Gross building area of Mall of America, the country’s largest mall by square footage: 5.6 million

                Number of Yankee Stadiums that can fit inside the mall: 7

National rank of Minnesota State Fair by daily attendance: 1

                Record daily attendance, in 2014: 252, 092

                Record overall attendance, in 2014: 1,824,830

                Weight, in pounds, of biggest boar ever shown at the fair: 1,450

Highest point in the state, Eagle Mountain, in feet: 2,301

Population of Minneapolis, the biggest city in state, as of 2013: 400,070

 

Sources: Department of Natural Resources, Mall of America, Forbes, Minnesota State Fair, Red Wing Shoes

 


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