North St. Paul’s giant snowman is a frosty fixture

The Brief

  • North St Paul’s giant snowman has been a familiar figure for half a century.
  • The giant stucco statue is 44 feet tall, weighs 20 tons, and has a smile that is 16 feet wide.
  • It is billed as the World’s Largest Snowman, and even though city leaders can’t prove it, no one has disputed it either.

NORTH ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) The city of North St Paul has a small town feel in the middle of the metro. But look around and there are signs of its coolest resident.

A welcome sight

Local perspective:

For 50 years, a giant snowman has been a symbol of this community.

Overlooking Highway 36, it has become a local landmark, welcoming people driving by with open arms.

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