Photos: Bentleyville lights up Duluth
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Billed as America's largest free walk-through lighting display, Bentleyville is one big Christmas lights show in the Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth.
What began as Nathan Bentley's home light display in Esko, Minnesota, grew so large that the city of Duluth offered to host it on the waterfront.
Video: The Bentleyville light show, inside the tree and out
On average, over 200,000 people visit, according to Bentleyville officials.
Editor's note (Dec. 19, 2014): The original version of this story incorrectly identified the town where Nathan Bentley began his light show. It was Esko, Minnesota. The story has been updated.
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