Anoka, Minnesota: Halloween Capital of the World

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Anoka’s Halloween tradition began as an effort to stop teenagers’ pranks in 1920: instead of soaping windows and tipping outhouses

Valley Fair Amusement Park Trivia

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· Local radio station KDWB has hosted contest which award a new car the contestant who can ride roller coasters like the Wild

Calamity Jane

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How Martha Canary earned the nickname “Calamity Jane” depends on who you trust. According to her own account, Captain Egan

The Pilot Who Made History

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Charles Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis, a custom-crafted plane based on the Ryan M-2, in a historic non-stop flight from Long

Helena and Butte, Montana: Mining and the Wild West

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Helena, which yielded three and a half million dollars worth of gold, and Butte, nicknamed “The Richest Hill on Earth,” are both

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor

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The Freeport Union Dairy is a popular old-fashioned ice cream parlor serving creamy, local ice cream that is guaranteed to

Bonnie and Clyde Robbery

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According to the FBI, in the 1930’s, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were the subjects of “one of the most colorful and spectacular

Our Oldest American Ancestor

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The oldest skeletal remains ever discovered in North America were uncovered in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota in Otter Tail County.

The Ostrom Photo Project

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From 1887 to 1947, Norwegian immigrant Christian Johan Ostrom was a portrait photographer in Winthrop. He took thousands of

Extra! : The World’s Finest Flour

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John and George Archibald founded Rice County’s Dundas city in 1867, naming it after their hometown – Dundas – in Ontario,