The Nutcracker's Unlikely Economic Crackers Visitors from Denmark are standing in awe of a 65 foot tall wooden soldier perched atop a concrete platform overlooking Interstate 90 in Luverne, Minnesota.
This giant nutcracker is being touted as the "world's largest," and for good reason: it's roughly double the size of its German predecessor.
The story begins with Betty Mann, who in 2013 had an epiphany about how to attract bus tours to the Rock County History Center in Luverne.