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detroit lakes minnesota
Ralph’s mother, a travel writer, has a lovely home on the water in Detroit Lakes—an unpretentious town with an intimate community surrounding two appealing little lakes where families from Fargo and...
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water carnival
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota: population 7,000 and change. Small enough for residents to know everybody’s business, big enough to support a community event like the annual Water Carnival. Look up...
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flea market
Maybe it’s because I came up in the suburbs of the west coast and have never seen oddities like weatherworn drake decoys and antique muskie lures. Maybe it’s the way said items were displayed. Maybe...
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looney daze
The state fair may be legend, but Minnesota’s podunk summer festivals—Detroit Lakes’ Water Carnival, the Audubon Pet Parade (which took ten minutes, beginning to end), and “Looney Daze” (sic) in...
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world’s largest
Spend any time at all on the American highway and you’ll see one: the world’s largest [fill in the blank]. The Frazee, Minnesota turkey. The Vergas, Minnesota loon. (Giant fowl are popular in...
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