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Best Mini Golf - Big Stone - 2013 Best of MN

May 20, 2013 at 3:04PM
joel koyamaïjkoyama@startribune.com minigolf0615 00003209a] After Melinda Pfohl drove her ball on the 13th and last hole, Gently down the stream, Ellie (10 pink shirt) and her sister Lizzy (7) Pfohl of Mound, Mn watch their ball float to the end of the water sculpture. Bruce Stillman owns Bigstone mini golf and Sculpture gardens is the newest miniature-golf course in Minnetrista. The Big Stone course is built around objects díart, and really good ones at that.
Big Stone miniature-golf course in Minnetrista (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Call it a sculpture garden or an art course. Either way, the offbeat, eye-popping course west of Mound is well worth the drive. Metal sunflowers, fossilized trees, an overturned boat with a church-like interior and lots of water "hazards" make this 12-holer challenging and engaging. The nude sculptures are tasteful enough to make this a fine destination for kids, which everyone who plays the course turns into in short order. Bonus points for the nearby goat hill, picnic tables and Stonehenge-like fire pit. 7100 County Road 110 W., Minnetrista; 952-472-9292, www.bigstoneminigolf.com.

Runner-up: Walker Art Center

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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