Mississippi River

The Mighty Mississippi River starts its 2,320 mile long and 1,475 foot vertical descent to the Gulf of Mexico in northern Minnesota. What would you do without us, rest of the USA?

photo courtesy of babasteve

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Minnesota.

World's Best Donuts

Grand Marais, Minnesota, is home to the World's Best Donuts. It's not just some sort of pastry hubris, it's fact.

photo courtesy of joeresa

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Minnesota.

Zubaz

Zubaz were created in 1988 by two Minnesota bodybuilders. They were originally designed to be comfortable for use while weightlifting. Fortunately, they turned into a worldwide fashion phenomenon in the early 1990s. What a time to be alive...

photo courtesy of zubaz.com

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Minnesota.

Today's post idea submitted by @ElDeBiers

College Basketball

On February 9, 1895, Hamline hosted the first intercollegiate basketball game in history, when the Minnesota State School of Agriculture (now the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota) defeated Hamline by a score of 9–3.

image courtesy of xxsportsradio.com

Let's pretend that the above photo is of the actual Hamline College Porkers basketball team from 1895. I have no reason to believe that it is or isn't. The Porkers? Regardless...

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Minnesota.

The Trashmen

The Trashmen are a rock and roll band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1962.



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Minnesota.

Richard Dean Anderson

Born January 23, 1950 in Minneapolis, MN.

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Miracle on Ice

With twelve of twenty players and the head coach hailing from the North Star state, we're taking credit for this one:

image courtesy of The Associated Press

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Minnesota.

SPAM

image courtesy of baltimoresun.com

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Minnesota.