Monument Madness 2026 Winners Commemorative Print
| 5″ x 7″ (Vertical) | 8.3″ x 11.7″ (Vertical) | 8″ x 10″ (Vertical) | |
| Width, in | 5.00 | 8.27 | 8.00 |
| Height, in | 7.00 | 11.69 | 10.00 |
We are thrilled to present this commemorative print celebrating the winners of Monument Madness 2026! We started with 16, but in the end The Jolly Green Giant in Blue Earth, MN won! Runners-up were Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox in Bemidji, MN.
In this a single-elimination tournament to decide the best roadside monument in Minnesota, we solicited votes from four sources: comments on our Facebook posts, comments on our Instagram posts, comments on our TikTok videos, and votes in the Google form that was available on our website. When all these were added up, the Jolly Green Giant had a whopping 2,335 votes, over Paul & Babe’s 373 votes.
However, when we looked closer at the data, we noticed something interesting. The majority of the Jolly Green Giant’s votes came from the Google form, where the JGG received 2,179 votes and Paul & Babe only got 41. But if we looked ONLY at the social media comments, then PAUL & BABE were the clear winners, garnering 332 votes compared to the Jolly Green Giant’s 156 votes.
With such a disparity, we can't help but suspect that some people were voting for the Jolly Green Giant many, many times on the Google Form. Now, we never said you couldn’t do this, so that’s entirely fair play. The Jolly Green Giant is legitimately the winner of this contest.
However, we couldn’t help but feel sympathy for ol’ Paul & Babe and their strong showing in the comments sections. And as Minnesotans, we are nothing if not conflict avoidant, and so we decided we wanted to ALSO honor Paul & Babe in some way. Therefore, we made this original watercolor and ink artwork depicting the Jolly Green Giant lifting up the runners-up onto the winner’s podium and sharing in the glory.
So congratulations to the Jolly Green Giant for winning the overall tournament, and congrats to Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox for gaining the most comments!
This 100% human-made art was done in watercolor and ink (with digital lettering added in Photoshop) by Minnesota Unknown’s very own Alex Weston. No Ai was used.
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Equipped with a smooth, matte surface, your artwork is printed with the Giclée technique for crisp color fidelity on par with Fine Art printing standards.
.: Material: smooth, acid-free, gallery-grade 220gsm fine art paper
.: Giclée print quality
.: Smooth matte finish
.: Available in numerous sizes
.: Horizontal, vertical and square options
.: Blank product sourced from the United Kingdom
