Giants of the Earth Heritage Center

11/19/2025

Help Giants to become eligible for Give to Max incentives up to $10,000.

Did you know that with every gift you make from Nov 1 to Nov 20, you could win up to $10,000 for the organizations you support?

Thank you to The Bush Foundation and our regional amplifiers, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, Southwest Initiative Foundation, Initiative Foundation, Northwest Minnesota Foundation, and West Central Initiative for making this year's prize pool possible.

See most recent prize winners: https://www.givemn.org/gtmd/prize-winners-2025?referral_code=prizepost0

11/18/2025

It's ! For this week, we are asking you to find this horse somewhere in our exhibits. When you find the horse, come on down to the gift shop to pick your three candies.

11/15/2025

Need a card for a special occasion? We've got several new cards with beautiful art, perfect for a variety of meaningful moments in our gift shop. From birthdays to baptisms and confirmations to Christmas, these colorful cards have you covered.

11/13/2025

It's time and today we are featuring a photo of the Riceford Mill from our Garness Photo Collection. At one time Riceford was a bustling town that had many businesses including two general stores, two grain mills, two blacksmith shops and two hotels. Riceford also had a school and a church. Now of the community buildings and businesses only the church is still standing, along with a few residences.

11/12/2025

This Veteran's Day, we thank and remember the veterans in our community. We have been fortunate to interview and record several local veterans over the years, and in honor of Veteran's Day today, we invite you to check out this playlist of our oral histories from World War II veterans.

https://shorturl.at/uB1m5

11/11/2025

This , we have an extra special announcement about prizes: if you solve this week's treasure hunt, you'll get three pieces of candy instead of just one! To claim your prize, you just have to find this lovely lady who's hiding our candy hoard*. We'll give you this hint: she's somewhere upstairs, so you'll have to go into the exhibits to find her.

*(Note that the candy hoard is not actually with the cow.)

11/08/2025

We now carry 5 varieties of Tiger Trail Lefse Chips Company Lefse Crisps in our gift shop! The 5 flavors are: Cinnamon Sweet, Savory Salt, Cool Ranch, Hot Honey BBQ and Gingerbread (seasonal flavor).

11/06/2025

It's once again ! Last weekend, we celebrated a major documentary that has been in the works for many years about farm families in the area. Dear Land isn't the only way we've been recording and sharing the stories of area farmers, though. Several of the oral histories on our youtube channel highlight the stories of such farm families, including this week's throwback to the interview we did with Barb Solum and Richard Storlie a few years ago. You can watch the interview here: https://shorturl.at/dqSbO

11/06/2025

We're looking for more parts or elements compatible with a Lionel train set 0-27 gauge. We've been gifted a partial set, and hope to feature it in a fun community exhibit during the holiday season. The more we get, the bigger the exhibit can be! If you have anything you're willing to lend us from now through the holiday season, please let us know!

11/04/2025

It's time for a new treasure hunt! Find these two lovebirds somewhere in Giants and then come to the Gift Shop to get a treat.