While touring the Minnesota State Fair, we stumbled upon a collection of handmade scarecrows.

The scarecrows had all been made by crafty Minnesotans and submitted to some sort of best-scarecrow contest.

Among them, we spotted a scarecrow that (while we have no confirmation) looked a lot like Che.

It had combat fatigue pants, a scruffy beard and a beret. The only thing missing was the star on the hat!

We appreciated the hand-knitting that had gone into the creation of this scarecrow.

In fact, the knitted face of this scarecrow-Che reminded us of our very own knitted Che doll.

And, we are happy to report, this scarecrow-Che was a ribbon winner!

Washington D.C., USA.
Spy on Che.

This picture was submitted by Jennifer N.

On a trip to Washington D.C., she toured the International Spy Museum.

She spotted this Che collection in the museum gift shop.

What do the initials “WWCD?” stand for on the bottom of the t-shirt, we wondered.

What Would Che Do?

Indeed, what would Che do if he knew his face now graced so many t-shirts?

Kilkenny, Ireland.
How Much is that Che in the Window?

This picture was submitted by Paul S.

He spotted this Che wall hanging in the front window of a store on Saint Kieran’s Street in Kilkenny City, Ireland.

Paul appreciated the placement of this Che. “It was surrounded by children’s toys and religious items,” he said.

And while we did indeed have a moose sighting, we didn’t spot our ol’ friend Che.

The closest we came was this row of Alaska Airlines airplanes all lined up at the airport.

These guys are definitely not Che, but perhaps they are his Inuit cousins?

Ours recommended we start watching the TV show “Weeds.”

The series, which airs on the cable channel Showtime, is about a suburban mother of two whose husband suddenly drops dead of a heart attack.

Left to figure out the family’s finances on her own, and realizing her options are limited, she begins selling marijuana.

A bit far-fetched, perhaps, but it turns out our hair stylist didn’t steer us wrong. We’ve been enjoying the series so far.

And we liked it even more when Che showed up in the form of a badge sewed on to one of the character’s backpacks.

This spotting occurred in Weeds Season 2, Episode 10.

What’s up with this place?

While wandering around Cape Town, we stumbled across this business on a quiet street.

We puzzled over what was inside. There were no windows and the door was locked. The overhead sign that read  “¿Qué Pasa?” (”What’s up?” in Spanish) didn’t exactly offer a lot of hints.

What was the deal with Che’s recognizable face printed on the Cuban flag? And why the Puerto Rican flag over the door?

Was this a store? A restaurant? A Caribbean Art Gallery? And why was it closed in the middle of the day?

We were so curious we looked it up online. Turns out, the “¿Qué Pasa? Latin Lounge” is a dance school and salsa night club. 

Next time you’re in Cape Town, drop in to swing your hips to a saucy Cuban beat.  But keep in mind they don’t open til 5 p.m.

That’s exactly what happened to us. So imagine our surprise when we spotted Che in the pages of a magazine dated one year ago. This Che Spotting had been sitting under our noses all this time and we’d missed it because we hadn’t made the time to crack open our very own magazine!

And this Che wasn’t in a travel magazine, but in Minnesota Monthly, a regional mag touting all the best and the brightest from right here in our own back yards.

The Che in question is part of a framed piece of art hanging in the background of a portrait of Joe Duffy, a man featured in the magazine for his Minneapolis-based advertising and design firm, Duffy & Partners.

Also featured in the framed piece of art alongside Che are Ghandi and what looks to be Nelson Mandela.

Pont-Aven, France.
Che Goes to Market.

This picture was submitted by Catherine Watson, an award-winning travel writer.

Watson, who was the chief travel writer and editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune for nearly three decades, is also the author of two books. Currently, she is the travel editor for MinnPost.com.

In the course of her global travels, she often spots El Che. She happened across this fluttering Che banner at an outdoor market in Pont-Aven, France.

Leipzig, Germany.
Che Gets Framed in a Furnished Rental.

This picture was submitted by Amber Procaccini, photographer with a serious case of wanderlust.

While traveling through the former East Germany, she rented a furnished apartment for her stay in Leipzig.

When she checked in, she noticed these two photographs of Che framed and hanging on the wall.

“I was surprised to see Che in my apartment,” she said. “But figuring we were in the former DDR, it made sense. Che is alive and golfing in Leipzig!”

As soon as we saw this picture of Che with a golf club in hand, we immediately thought of an article we read in Golf Magazine that featured a picture of Che and Fidel on a putting green.

This comic-book-turned movie features a bunch of special ops guys who are left for dead after their mission in Bolivia goes awry.

Oddly enough, these left-for-dead men (who we never saw handling any personal luggage), kept appearing in fresh outfits. And one of those outfits, worn by the character Cougar, included a Che t-shirt. We’re betting Cougar doesn’t wear a Che tee in any of the comic books … but we could be wrong.

It seemed fitting that Óscar Jaenada, the actor who plays Cougar, should appear in a Che shirt. With his long hair, moustache and goatee, he resembles the rugged revolutionary.

And in fact, Jaenada had a role in the long-winded bio-epic of Che that starred Benicio del Toro. He played Darío, one of Che’s Bolivian guerrillas, in Che: Part 2.

But back to The Losers. While we noticed Cougar’s Che tee, others are taking notice of this character’s signature head wear, which is not a Che-style beret, but a Brazilian tarp hat instead.

These hats, it turns out, are made from recycled canvas tarpaulins that are hand-sewn by villagers in Brazil.

Of that, we think, Che would approve. We can just imagine him picking one up on his South American travels.