HOLLAND, Mich. - Holland is getting a permanent addition of the "Wizard of Oz" and construction begins Wednesday.
The exhibit is going up in Centennial Park and will feature a yellow brick road and six bronze statues characters like the Scarecrow, Lion, Tinman and Dorothy.
In a special "Our Michigan Life" 13 ON YOUR SIDE's Brent Ashcroft explored how the famed tale has roots in West Michigan. You can see the full story at www.wzzm13.com/oz.
The iconic novels author, L. Frank Baum, summered in the Holland area and wrote some of novel there as well.
The full exhibit is expected to be finished in August.
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