Drawing attention like a fish flopping around out of the water, a massive muskie near Lake Winnibigoshish in Cass County, Minnesota, has been reeling in the attention of tourists for more than 65 years. But put down your tackle box and tuck away your dreams of casting out to catch the 65-foot monster. "You're not going to catch this with a regular muskie lure? You're going to use a moose or a black bear for bait,” Al Hemme joked as he talked to WCCO. “And, you're going to need a truck with a winch on it to reel it in."The muskellunge in question is not actually a fish. It’s a large structure — which is also a piece of art. And it’s big. In its earlier days, it was used as a drive-up food stop — selling ice cream out of a drive-up window on the side of the fishy structure, according to Hemme, who — along with his wife, Amy —owns the muskie. The fish is located on the property of the Big Fish Supper Club. It was built in 1957 by Wayne Kumpula, according to WCCO, which reports that burgers and fries, which were cooked in the muskie's tail, were also sold inside the fish when it was a food stand. The Hemmes haven’t always owned the muskie or the namesake business. They purchased the property, which also houses a resort, in 2010. Prior to the Hemmes becoming the owners, the fish structure was on the verge of physically collapsing, but It was refurbished thanks to the help of an anonymous donor and others, according to WCCO. The muskie become somewhat of a pop culture icon over the years — having even taken a bite out of Hollywood. An image of the fish structure appeared as a postcard in “National Lampoon’s Vacation.”“There are so many people that watch that movie now, and they'll quickly take a picture of it and send it to our phones. 'Did you know?' 'Yes, we did know that,’” Amy Hemme said.Decades after it was built, the giant work of art continues to draw tourists, movie buffs and selfie-takers to the supper club and resort."I love our place. I love our people. I love watching the kids grow through the years, and they become like family. It's very, very nice,” Amy Hemme said.Those who may get a hankering to cast a line upon seeing the giant fish need not worry. According to the Big Fish Supper Club’s website, the giant fish is located “adjacent to one of Minnesota’s top walleye fishing lakes.”

While we watch the modern-day achievements of those involved in space exploration, it's important to never forget those who went before.Among those heroes is Sally Ride.Documentary filmmaker Steven Barber has been on a mission to commemorate NASA's heroes like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Then it dawned on him, there wasn't a single monument highlighting NASA's women."In fact, in America, only 2% of the monuments represent any sort of female achievement which is crazy because you guys give us all life, right? I think we can do a little better,” Barber said.Barber quickly raised $300,000 for a sculpture dedicated to Sally Ride. Ride was the first American female astronaut to head into space from the Kennedy Space Center in 1983 and then again in 1984.Barber has been filming everyone involved with Sally's story and the process of her monument coming to life.George Lundeen and his team have been working on the sculpture for the last year."I remember when she went up into space, and I remember the challenges she had both before and afterward with all the things she did,” Lundeen said.Challenges like serving on the investigation team that analyzed the Challenger disaster of 1986 which exploded shortly after liftoff.And in her personal life, she represented a very marginalized group in society. She was gay. Something that was known among NASA's inner circle but didn't surface until after her death.Despite her small stature in real life, the gold and bronze sculpture of Sally will stand at 7-feet tall and will be placed in the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Long Island in New York."My great hope, and I think this will happen, is that now I'm looking into diversity. I've been speaking to May Jenisen, the first Black woman in space. I'm speaking to Guy Blueford. He's given me the rights to build his monument as the first African American in space. It is my great hope that diversity will reign supreme once Sally is up,” Barber said.Sixty-five women have flown in space and 12,000 of them worked for NASA.The sculpture's unveiling will take place June 17.

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