A century from now Travis Gienger could be presumed to be a folklore legend like Paul Bunyan. Hailing from the Halloween Capital of the World, hauling his world record pumpkin to the Pumpkin Capital ...

Minnesota’s own pumpkin-growing king Travis Gienger won’t be taking a pumpkin to the scale this year at the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California, considered to be the ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — Minnesota's world record holding pumpkin grower Travis Gienger won his fourth Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off and third title in a row, as his pumpkin weighed just ...

On a chilly April morning, Travis Gienger took his first gamble of the 2025 season. The world-champion giant-pumpkin grower typically starts his seeds indoors. But this year he was out in his backyard ...

HALF MOON BAY – A Minnesota grower squashed a national record for growing the largest pumpkin at the "Super Bowl of Weigh-Offs," otherwise known as the annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin ...

Travis Gienger's gourd took first place at the 50th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in California Liu Guanguan/China News Service/VCG via Getty A Minnesota man's special pumpkin will have you ...

Travis Gienger is the Michael Jordan of giant pumpkins: the greatest of all time. The stone craftsman, horticulture teacher and gourd whisperer from Anoka, Minnesota set the world record last year by ...

ANOKA, Minn. — It's not always easy to see greatness before it blossoms. But the seeds of success were already sprouting when we met Travis Gienger — the first time. The year was 2011. As usual, ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- A Minnesota man won his third Half Moon Bay pumpkin weigh-off, taking home $30,000 in prize money, officials said on Monday. Travis Gienger squashed the competition at the ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 pounds ...