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The Amazing Life of Michael Dowling
You’ve probably never heard of a man named Michael Dowling who spent most of his life in southwester Minnesota in the late 1800s and early…
The Minnesota Machinery Museum
The school closed in the small town of Hanley Falls, Minnesota in the late 1970s. Many people wondered what to do with their old school…
The Small But Mighty Popcorn Stand
1919 was an important year in Granite Falls, Minnesota. Amidst the hubbub of that year, people at the time wouldn’t have thought that a new…
A Unique Business Brining Big Dollars to Local Causes
Many organizations work to raise money for local causes. That is the case for the Kiwanis Club in Granite Falls, Minnesota. However, you may be…
A Business Born in 1919
The folks here can tell you the exact date two brothers started, what to them, must have seemed to simply be a side business to…
Escape from the Squirrel Cage Jail
Prisoners have used many different methods to escape from their cells. A man in this jail crawled through pipes of raw sewage, not once but…
Hamsters in a Prison Wheel
If you seem to be busy, but going nowhere in life, you might be said to be a “hamster in a wheel.” The prisoners of…
A Drink That Was Good for You
There are a lot of studies that show high consumption of sugary drinks is bad for your waistline and your health. But one study actually…
Shoot Me a Waco
If someone walked into a restaurant and said, “Shoot me a Waco,” no one would probably know what they meant. They’d actually be asking for…
The McGloflin House
Today it is just a historic site overlooking the Oregon’s Wilamette River…yet the man who lived here is regarded to have saved the lives of…
