America's Northwoods are home to many towering Paul Bunyan statues. But only Akeley, Minnesota, has a Bunyan who has dropped to one knee, inviting visitors to perch in his mighty palm, a perfect place to sit for a souvenir snapshot.  In 1949 the town declared itself the Birthplace of Paul Bunyan and unveiled an oversized wooden baby cradle that sat in a park beneath a little-roofed shelter. As an attraction it was, well, okay -- but as time passed and competing towns built big Bunyan's, the cradle became a second- or third-tier Bunyan destination. So did Akeley. Dean Krotzer was struck by the unfairness of this claim's decline. Krotzer told the town that he could build a Bunyan worthy of his birthplace, bigger than all the rest. With the help of his six grown sons and a son-in-law, Krotzer spent months working on Paul.