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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