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VIRGINIA â You could say Diana Brennan is a Monopoly fanatic.
Childhood board games lasted neither hours nor days but a month at time, she said on a recent afternoon at her Virginia home.
Today Brennan has a collection of Monopoly boards, including a Beatles version. Her favorite is the vintage 1970s edition.
That in mind, it seems perfectly natural for the Biwabik native to have a giant Monopoly board painted on her driveway.
Itâs a virtual copycat of a colorful â70s board. The existing crease down the center of the drivewayâs cement mimics where the board would fold in half. Brennan, its main creator, took her time to assure the crease landed precisely on the âpropriety linesâ drawn on the board.