I've passed Jim's Apple Farm (which also bills itself as Minnesota's Largest Candy Store) a thousand times on my way to the Twin Cities. It is located near Jordan, Minnesota on Highway 169, about 40 minutes southwest of Minneapolis.
People come from all over to pay a visit. It's even popular with foreign tourists, who return home with all sorts of odd/vintage candy. I have no idea how they find out about the place. As is often the case with attractions like this, you rarely find a local resident inside.
It's a great place to buy fruit for canning/freezing during the harvest season. They sell a boatload of warm-from-the-oven pies (but the use of store-bought crusts tempers my enthusiasm), though the strudel takes the checkered flag for me.
Then there's the candy selection: Loads of vintage candies from the 1950s-60s you thought were long gone; imported goodies. Hundreds of kinds of licorice.
The 'wall of sodas' is interesting, as well, offering every flavor you can possibly imagine, including Bacon, Pineapple, Bubble Gum, Peanut Butter 'n' Jelly, Cookie Dough, and Banana to name just a few. There must be at least a dozen brands of Root Beer.
It's probably been five years since I stopped there, but the lot is invariably packed with cars. They have no website, nor a published phone number. They are closed during the winter.
I found footage on YouTube, and although it covers a lot of what's in the place, the videographer moves through pretty quickly, so you can't zero-in on the cool vintage candy. Photos by Google.
So...this is one of the inexplicably popular roadside attractions in southern Minnesota.
What oddities attract people where you live?
People come from all over to pay a visit. It's even popular with foreign tourists, who return home with all sorts of odd/vintage candy. I have no idea how they find out about the place. As is often the case with attractions like this, you rarely find a local resident inside.
It's a great place to buy fruit for canning/freezing during the harvest season. They sell a boatload of warm-from-the-oven pies (but the use of store-bought crusts tempers my enthusiasm), though the strudel takes the checkered flag for me.
Then there's the candy selection: Loads of vintage candies from the 1950s-60s you thought were long gone; imported goodies. Hundreds of kinds of licorice.
The 'wall of sodas' is interesting, as well, offering every flavor you can possibly imagine, including Bacon, Pineapple, Bubble Gum, Peanut Butter 'n' Jelly, Cookie Dough, and Banana to name just a few. There must be at least a dozen brands of Root Beer.
It's probably been five years since I stopped there, but the lot is invariably packed with cars. They have no website, nor a published phone number. They are closed during the winter.
I found footage on YouTube, and although it covers a lot of what's in the place, the videographer moves through pretty quickly, so you can't zero-in on the cool vintage candy. Photos by Google.
So...this is one of the inexplicably popular roadside attractions in southern Minnesota.
What oddities attract people where you live?
