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Minnesota is known as the land of 10,000 lakes, but if you believe Wikipedia, there are really more than 11,000 lakes.
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Signage at the Hidewood Rest Stop, Brandt, South Dakota
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Kristine K. Stevens, bundled up against the cold, in front of the Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store in Jordan, Minnesota.
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View from the Hidewood Rest Stop, Brandt, South Dakota
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South Dakota
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The yellow hanger-like building contains something for everyone, including adhesive bandages that look like bacon strips, Kristine K. Stevens, bundled up against the cold, Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store in Jordan
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Hay rolls in a field, South Dakota
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They weren't lying about having lots of candy, Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store in Jordan
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View at the Lake Lakota Rest Area.
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There was some classic architecture in Watertown, South Dakota, including this medical arts building.
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Many countries, including countries Finland, Norway, Ireland, Turkey and Saudi Arabia ban the sale of candy cigarettes.
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You know winter is daunting in Watertown, South Dakota, when you see snow markers on the fire hydrants.
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What to do when there's no farming to be done?
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Each trough of squash offers a tidbit of history, Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store in Jordan
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Main street in Watertown, South Dakota
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The Goss Opera House in Watertown, South Dakota, is really a coffee shop linked to an art gallery and an upscale restaurant. Their coat closet was bigger than rooms in my house.
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We could not resist stopping for lunch in Windom, Minnesota.
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Big game licenses and rock salt. I am obviously not in Savannah, Georgia, any more.
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Located in an old warehouse, the Dempsey's Brewery Restaurant and Pub features a Celtic theme with flags, swords, shields, a giant stone fireplace and a 40-foot mural of Dempsey' s Castle in Ireland.
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The latest fashion at a convenience store where we did a Foursquare check-in at the "Middle of Nowhere"
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Cynthia tries chislic a second time after learning she could ask for it to be cooked to temperature.
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According to the Windustry website, South Dakota has the potential to produce enough electricity to power almost 25% of America's energy needs.
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Rest Stop along Interstate 29 - made me think of Howard Johnson restaurants.
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The 2 MW turbine stands as tall as a 30-story building and costs roughly $3.5 million installed. It can produce enough energy to run 600 average American households.
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Did you know that North Dakota is the No. 1 producer of spring wheat, sunflowers, barley, navy and pinto beans, canola, flaxseed, lentils and honey?
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View from the Big Spunk Rest Area on Interstate 94.
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There's a whole lot of this in South Dakota.
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The Space Alien Bar & Grill was like an E.T. themed Chuckie Cheese restaurant, Fargo, North Dakota
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Beautiful fall leaves at the Big Spunk Rest Stop.
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The interior of Space Alien Bar & Grill.
