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Thousand Foot Long Docks

They are some of the largest boat docks you’ll ever see.  Not mere spots on a lake from which to fish, but rather one thousand…

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Two Harbors

Today Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin are major shipping points on Lake Superior.  However, turn back the clock a century and a half and it…

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Mine Creek

It was a last ditch effort for the south to take Missouri and upend President Lincoln’s plans for reelection.  In the end, the confederates found…

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Marais des Cygnes Massacre

There had long been disturbances along Missouri’s border with Kansas in the years leading up to the Civil War.  However, the events of one Spring…

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A Journey Towards a Gold Medal

Thirteen Americans have won an Olympic gold medal in individual figure skating.  For Scott Hamilton, the his gold medal is just a footnote in a…

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Reaching Triumph

Many athletes have stories of overcoming failure in order to reach triumph.  For Scott Hamilton, the journey to a gold medal seemed to be leading…

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A Doctor Prescribed Ice Rink

Scott Hamilton was never supposed to accomplish much in sports, let alone win a gold medal.  In fact, the way he got involved in ice…

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The National Road

It could be considered the nation’s first interstate highway…a route over a century ahead of it’s modern-day, multi-lane relatives.  But road building was far different…

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The National Cathedral

Although the founding fathers chose not to have a state religion in the country, they still chose to have a national house of worship–a place…

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Juggler Greg Frisbee

Lot of people juggle. Some people can juggle clubs. Others can juggle knives. A few even juggle torches. Greg Frisbee juggles all three at once…

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