May leave you wondering "why" but as Weird Al sang: "In a little shrine under a make-shift pagoda, There sits the biggest ball of twine in Minnesota" More

Weird Al wrote a song about it, Clark Griswold tried to talk the kids into seeing it, Guinness World Records recognized it, and we finally visited it. Mind you, this is the world’s largest ball of twine created by ONE man – Francis Johnson... For the full story: http://exploringtheusbyrv.com/?p=2393 More

Nice that you can get right up next to the ball of twine. I really enjoy seeing all the off-beat things and then exploring the smaller towns after visiting the attraction. This is a pretty area with lots of lakes and farm country. Would do this trip in warmer seasons to enjoy some of the beauty of Minnesota. Do winter... More

OK - so much for the pun. On this stretch of Highway 12, there's a whole lot of corn (miles and miles of it) and then pops up the little town of Darwin with the world's largest ball of twine - made by one person. Only a block off the highway, the ball is now protected by a roof and... More

We have driven through Darwin many times without stopping, well this past spring we had the time to stop--so we did. The Twine Ball (made by Francis A Johnson) is kept inside a glassed in gazebo with a museum beside it. Well, the museum was not open when we were there, but one of the Twine Ball Museum workers happened... More