Minnesota

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on location: midwest ❖

randy mink

t’s hard to believe that Mall of America is 20 years old this

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SPAM at 75. The Southern Minnesota town of Austin,

year. To many of us, the mega-mall seems just as fresh as

home of the Hormel Foods meat-packing plant, will be in a

when it opened in 1992. Twenty years is a real milestone.

festive frame of mind this year as it celebrates 75 years of the

A look at some other tourist favorites in Minnesota also re-

SPAM brand. Much of the hoopla will be across the street

veals milestones worth observing. Here are some of the most

from the factory at the free-admission SPAM Museum, and

noteworthy:

Hormel will stage a community festival in July. In animated TV

MINNESOTA MILESTONES Group-friendly attractions throughout the state mark special anniversaries in 2012

The Pepsi Orange Streak careens through Nickelodeon Universe, the amusement park in Bloomington’s Mall of America, now in its 20th year.

40 April 2012

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