Road-tripping through southern Minnesota? Keep an eye out for a 55-foot-tall legend. The Jolly Green Giant has been smiling over highways, small towns, and photo ops for nearly a century. Here’s how ...

Recently, I tracked down some of the most iconic spokescreatures in the advertising world. What had become of Morris the Cat? Charlie the Tuna? Well, even in this era of social media, it was hard to ...

As a child growing up in the Georgian city of Bath, England, my fantasy environment was the futuristic America of skyscrapers and McDonald’s milkshakes and fast, gutsy cars, like the Jolly Green Giant ...

In this photo, Tim Koehler paints the Jolly Green Giant statue in Blue Earth, Minn. The statue, which stands at over 50 feet, cost around $20,000 to refurbish and was a joint effort between Blue Earth ...

BLUE EARTH, Minn. --Vacationers will get pictures with all kinds of roadside attractions this summer. And in Faribault County, one attraction has people seeing green. In this week's Finding Minnesota, ...

The Jolly Green Giant nudibranch, scientific name Miamira sinuata. The scientific name, nudibranch (NOO-dee-brank) means naked gills, so-called because some, such as my Jolly Green Giant, have ...