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MINNESOTA
- This unusual pavilion is made of seven giant panels joined together to form one many-sided structure. There is a restaurant on the ground floor. The main exhibit area - which focuses attention on the state's industries - is on a second level, reached by ramps.
- * Admission: free.
- THE EXHIBITS. The displays are largely devoted to Minnesota's industrial production. Threaded through these exhibits are pictorial displays of the state's tourist attractions: the Red River Valley, the northern lake country and so on.
- THE LANDSCAPING. Regional shrubbery, topsoil and even taconite, the Mesabi Range's rich iron ore, have been imported to create the landscaping around the pavilion.
- GAME AND TEAMS. Jul's North Star Smorgasbord Restaurant, on the ground level, features game and a 100-dish buffet of cold foods. There is also a service snack bar.
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- MINNESOTA
Highlight of this pavilion is the Kensington Runestone, believed to be a relic of Viking exploration in Minnesota in the year 1362.
There are also displays of industrial products, a smorgasbord restaurant and a realistic canoe ride through simulated wilderness.
- THE RUNESTONE. Discovered near Kensington, Minnesota, in 1898, the stone is covered with runic inscriptions telling of a party of Vikings which penetrated deep into North America 130 years before Columbus. A diorama shows the Norsemen carving the stone.
- THE RESTAURANT. Jul's North Star Smorgasbord features a 100-dish buffet and elaborate desserts.
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- ¶ Admission: free. Wilderness canoe ride: 50 cents.
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