REGIONS: NORTHWEST Disgruntled Brewing, photo by Micah Kvidt PIT STOPS AND PHOTO OPS Don’t go all the way to Detroit Mountain without stopping. Keep a cooler in the trunk and make a brewery tour out of the trip. Some of the best outstate breweries are along the route, including Lupulin Brewing in Big Lake, Drastic Measures Brewing in Wadena and Disgruntled Brewing in Perham. Getting the adrenaline going at Detroit Mountain Recreation Area Signing waivers and getting goosebumps at Detroit Mountain Recreation Area Some great photo ops also await. If you take I-94, you’ll fi nd yourself on a trail of roadside oddities, including Big Ole , a 28-foot-tall Viking statue in Alexandria, and Otto , a hollow-eyed 40-foot otter sculpture in Fergus Falls. Find more to do in Northwest Minnesota. EXPLORE NORTHWEST MN ExploreMinnesota.com/Northwest # ONLYIN MN | 79