In Bangor, Maine, a framed birth certificate of Paul Bunyan hangs in the city clerk’s office. Born February 18, 1834—the same day as Bangor’s founding—the fictional lumberjack and his blue ...

NORTHCOAST12_186_MJM.jpg Tourists are dwarfed by sculptures of Paul Bunyan (49 feet 2 inches) and "Babe" his blue ox (35 feet) at the "Trees of Mystery" tourist attraction just north of Klamath.

If you’ve ever driven Highway 51 through Minocqua, it’s hard to miss the giant sign with a flannel-clad lumberjack and a blue ox next to his namesake restaurant. Paul Bunyan looms large over ...

If you’ve ever driven Highway 51 through Minocqua, it’s hard to miss the giant sign with a flannel-clad lumberjack and a blue ox next to his namesake restaurant. Paul Bunyan looms large over ...

Tall tales don’t get much taller than the one about Paul Bunyan.The legendary lumberjack, along with his faithful blue ox Babe, originated as a 19th-century logging camp story.

The legend of Paul Bunyan is alive and well in Bemidji as a giant statute of the lumberjack and his blue ox sit on the shores of Lake Bemidji. Skip Navigation. Share on Facebook; ...

Paul Bunyan’s ox is strong, but apparently not strong enough. Babe the Blue Ox, a 6,000 pound likeness of lumberjack Bunyan’s sidekick, was blown over by gusting winds as storms ripped across ...

5 / 5: The iconic Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues are featured in Bemidji’s Paul Bunyan Park. National Paul Bunyan Day is on Sunday, June 28. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer) ...

Ossineke Beach is home to statues of larger-than-life folktale duo Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. It also offers a playground, picnic tables, a pavilion and restrooms.

Everything's bigger in Paul Bunyan country. Including the storm that swept one 6,000-pound blue ox off his feet Thursday morning. Heavy rains and winds that gusted over 50 miles per hour raked ...

The state has enlisted Minnesotan folklore icons -- lumberjack Paul Bunyan and his trusty sidekick, Babe the Blue Ox -- as the face of its marketing campaign to promote MNSure, as the state’s ...