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unusual facts about Minneapolis, Minnesota



1983–84 Kansas City Kings season

Last Playoff Meeting: 1955 Western Division Semifinals (Lakers won 2-1; Lakers were in Minneapolis, Kings were in Rochester, New York as the Royals)

A Time for Burning

Youngdahl was the son of a former governor of Minnesota and federal judge, Luther Youngdahl.

AMCC

Al-Madinah Cultural Center, a non-profit cultural student organization at the University of Minnesota

Angie's Kettle Corn

The producers, Angie and Dan Bastian of Mankato, Minnesota, originally distributed their product in 2002 outside the Metrodome during Minnesota Vikings home games.

Badger Township, Polk County, Minnesota

The subsequent history of Badger Township is virtually indistinguishable from that of most of Northern Minnesota.

Brad Childress

The owner Zygi Wilf was cited as saying, “Brad has done a tremendous job leading this football team and we value the positive environment he has created for the Minnesota Vikings on and off the field, He has continued to positively impact this team and create a strong foundation for future success.

Brian Denman

Brian John Denman (born February 12, 1956 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1982 season.

Burnett, Minnesota

Burnett is an unincorporated community in Industrial Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.

Collin Peterson

In 1998, Peterson gained attention by proposing a constitutional amendment that would allow the residents of Minnesota's Northwest Angle to vote on whether they wanted to secede from the United States and join the Canadian province of Manitoba.

David Ede

He started his teaching career as an instructor at Augsburg College in Minneapolis and McGill University in Montreal before moving to the Western Michigan University Department of Comparative Religion where he taught Islamic Studies from 1970 to 2008 and served as departement head at the time of his death in 2008.

David Treuer

It was named for a fleet of trains operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (and by allusion the epic poem The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.) The novel features a Native American family who migrate to Minneapolis in the mid-twentieth century under the federally sponsored urban relocation program.

DBU

Duluth Business University a private university school located in Duluth, Minnesota

Elections in Minnesota

Recounts in Minnesota are handled by the State Canvassing Board, as needed in the 2008 Senate election between Norm Coleman and Al Franken.

Electronic News

The paper eventually grew to have a staff of three dozen full time journalists, working out of headquarters staffed by full time journalists in New York and bureaus in Boston, Washington DC, Miami, Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Minneapolis and Tokyo.

Eugene Wilson

Eugene McLanahan Wilson (1833–1890), U.S. Representative for Minnesota, 1869–1871

Forgotten Silver

Roscoe, Jane/Hight, Craig (2006): Forgotten Silver: A New Zealand Television Hoax and Its Audience. In: Juhasz, Alexandra/Lerner, Jesse (eds.) (2006): F is for Phony. Fake Documentary and Truth’s Undoing. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, p. 171-186.

Frederick William Cappelen

Frederick William Cappelen (October 21, 1857 – October 16, 1921) was a Norwegian-born architect and civil engineer who held the office of Minneapolis City Engineer.

Getting It: The Psychology of est

Fenwick went on to work as director of the Behavioral Medicine Clinic at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, before retiring in 1993 to set up Psybar, an online service to provide psychological experts for court cases.

Globe Building

The Globe Building was an 8 floor building in Minneapolis.

Green Party of Minnesota

Ward 2 is considered one of the most diverse areas of Minneapolis, representing the University of Minnesota Minneapolis Campus and the Cedar-Riverside and Seward neighborhoods.

Half Dead and Dynamite

Half Dead and Dynamite is the second LP released by the Minnesota indie rock band Lifter Puller.

Herman Beach

Named for its proximity to Herman, Minnesota, Herman Beach was formed 11,700 years ago and runs for hundreds of miles through Minnesota and North Dakota.

Homer, Minnesota

Homer is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Homer Township, Winona County, Minnesota, United States.

Ixchiguán

During the 20th century, many people from Ixchiguan have migrated to Worthington, Minnesota, a city that is considered a center of Mam speakers in the United States.

James Sewell Ballet

She was also named a City Pages "Artist of the Year" in 2009 for her work in the Minneapolis dance community.

Jane Elizabeth Hodgson

In 1981, Hodgson lent her name to a suit (Hodgson v. Minnesota) brought by Planned Parenthood against Minnesota, challenging that state's law requiring that both parents be notified at least 48 hours before a minor has an abortion.

John LaMountain

In September 1859, La Mountain made an ascension with the Atlantic, along with newspaperman John Haddock, from Watertown, New York across Minnesota and Michigan.

Johnsburg, Minnesota

Johnsburg is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, Mower County, Minnesota, United States.

Kabekona, Minnesota

Kabekona is an unincorporated community in Hendrickson Township, Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States.

Lencho Skibba

He played in the youth system for Alemannia Aachen until 2007, when he moved to the United States and joined the Minnesota Thunder.

Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence

Fed up with her dead-end job with a Minneapolis car rental agency, Martha quits, cashes her final paycheck, and uses the money to purchase an airline ticket to the least expensive international destination she can find - London.

Mary Olson

Mary A. Olson (born May 23, 1958) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 4, which includes portions of Beltrami, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard and Itasca counties in the northern part of the state.

Max, Minnesota

Max is an unincorporated community in Max Township, Itasca County, Minnesota, United States; located within the Chippewa National Forest and the Leech Lake Indian Reservation.

Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day fire

The new headquarters is now known as the Wells Fargo Center, after Norwest merged with Wells Fargo.

Minnesota State Highway 36

Highway 36 crosses the St. Croix River via the historic Stillwater Lift Bridge between Stillwater and Houlton, WI.

National Trails System

You can experience the subtle beauties of the southern wetlands and Gulf Coast on the Florida Trail or wander the North Woods from New York to Minnesota on the North Country Trail or experience the vast diversity of landscapes of the southwest on the Arizona National Scenic Trail.

Norris Division

As part of his shtick, ESPN's Chris Berman often refers to the National Football League's NFC North division (previously the NFC Central division) as the Norris Division or "NFC Norris" since the two divisions included teams from three of the same cities: Chicago, Detroit, and Minneapolis–St. Paul.

Organized crime in Minneapolis

Organized crime in Minneapolis first attracted national attention in 1903, when thug and mayor Doc Ames (1842-1911) was exposed by Lincoln Steffens in the book The Shame of the Cities.

Reed Construction Data

The suit was filed in Minnesota U.S. District Court, with BidClerk alleging that a series of “denial of services” attacks were directed against its online system, flooding it with “millions of page views.”

Robert Gunther

:For the Minnesota politician, see Bob Gunther.

Robert Michael Dow Jr.

On December 2, 2010, Judge Dow ruled against five states (Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin), stating that five Chicago-area shipping locks will stay open despite the risk that Lake Michigan Asian carp pose to the multi-billion dollar fishing industry, saying not enough evidence was presented that indicated the danger was truly imminent.

Silver Creek, Lake County, Minnesota

Silver Creek is an unincorporated community in Silver Creek Township, Lake County, Minnesota, United States.

St. Clair Entertainment Group

It also has corporate offices and representation in Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, Miami, Minneapolis, Montreal, New York, Seattle, Toronto and Vancouver.

Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, April 2012

Haley Barbour of Mississippi, Jeb Bush of Florida, Chris Christie of New Jersey, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and John Thune of South Dakota all succeeded in leading polls in their home states at some point in 2011, although only Pawlenty actually launched a campaign.

Terror in the Sky

Passengers on a plane headed from the Midwest to the West Coast (Winnipeg to Vancouver in the book; Minneapolis to Seattle in the film) get quite ill after eating the chicken pot pie entree.

Walbo, Minnesota

Walbo is an unincorporated community in Springvale Township, Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.

Warren Spannaus

Warren R. Spannaus (born December 5, 1930) is an American politician from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) and former Attorney General of Minnesota.

West Lakeland Township, Washington County, Minnesota

It is just north of Interstate 94 and touches the west bank of the St. Croix River.

WMFG

WMFG-FM, a radio station (106.3 FM) licensed to Hibbing, Minnesota, United States


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93X

KXXR, a radio station (93.7 FM) licensed to serve Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Alliance A-1 Argo

Two aircraft survived in mid-2009 of which NC2M is maintained in airworthy condition by Greg Herrick's Golden Wings Air Museum at Anoka County-Blaine Airport near Minneapolis, Minnesota, and can be visited by prior arrangement.

Allison Aldrich

On occasion she travels to Shriners Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota to get a prosthetists opinion on her leg health which she lost in a battle with cancer at University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Amazon bookstore

Amazon Bookstore Cooperative, a feminist bookstore in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Anti-War Committee

The Anti-War Committee (AWC) is a grassroots political organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that wants to end U.S. intervention .

Barry Murphy

Barrie D'Rozario Murphy, a marketing and advertising agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Cameron Gordon

Cam Gordon, Green Party councillor for Minneapolis, Minnesota

Emma Bull

She sang in the rock-funk band Cats Laughing, and both sang and played guitar in the folk duo The Flash Girls while living in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Fairmount and Veblen Railway

The railroad was established in 1913 with the help and financial backing of Julius Rosholt, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and that year constructed trackage from Fairmount, North Dakota southward into South Dakota to Rosholt, then westward to Claire City and Veblen.

Fiddler's Green

From November 12 to 14, 2004, a comic book convention promoted as "Fiddler's Green, A Sandman Convention" was held at the Millennium Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Gregory Euclide

Gregory Euclides work is featured in the collections of the Progressive Corporation (Mayfield Village, Ohio), Flint Institute of Arts (Flint, Michigan), Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington), United States Embassy in Sarajevo, Wellington Management Company (Boston, Massachusetts), Dex Media (Denver, Colorado), Nordstrom (Seattle, Washington), and Health Partners (Minneapolis, Minnesota).

Harriet G. Walker

Their home on Hennepin Avenue was remembered in the History of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota by Isaac Atwater as a place of "refined and generous hospitality" and the nursery for their children.

Harrington Mansion and Events Center

The Harrington Mansion and Events Center is a historic property located at 2540 Park Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

Harry Hayward

Harry T. Hayward (died 1895), American criminal from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Heffelfinger

William Walter "Pudge" Heffelfinger (1867, Minneapolis, Minnesota - 1954, Blessing, Texas), an American football player

Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church

Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church is a church across the Virginia Triangle (Hennepin Avenue/Lyndale Avenue) from the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hewitt House

Edwin H. Hewitt House, Minneapolis, Minnesota, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Hennepin County, Minnesota

International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet

International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet (IDC) is a center for diabetes care, research and education located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

IS4C

IS4C or Integrated Systems for Co-ops is a free web-based point of sale software for retail stores initially developed by Tak Tang for the Wedge Community Co-op in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

James Disbrow

He was chairman of the USFSA's International Committee during the Tonya Harding scandal at the time of the 1994 Winter Olympics and served as the US figure skating team leader at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the chairman of the organizing committee for the 1998 World Figure Skating Championships in Minneapolis, Minnesota before his election to the USFSA presidency.

Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition Arts, a youth oriented visual art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

KEGE

KXXR, a radio station (93.7 FM) licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, which used the call sign KEGE-FM from June 1994 to September 1994

Kirby the Kestrel

Kirby the Kestrel is an American Kestrel (sometimes called a falcon or sparrow hawk) that frequents Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Kreutzer Air Coach

After becoming derelict, it was recovered using pack animals and is now maintained airworthy by the private Golden Wings Air Museum near Minneapolis Minnesota.

KTIS

KTIS-FM, a radio station (98.5 FM) licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Malichansouk Kouanchao

Kouanchao was born in Savannakhet, Laos in 1971 and resettled in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979 with her parents and four siblings as refugees from the Laotian Civil War.

Matthew M. Joyce

He was an Attorney for the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1917 to 1932.

MoneyGram

In September 2010, MoneyGram announced that it will move its global headquarters to the city of Dallas, Texas, although Minneapolis, Minnesota will continue to be the hub for its Global Operations and Information Technology Centers of Excellence, and Lakewood, Colorado will continue to host its Call Center Operations.

Mordecai Ham

Through Ham's influence with W.B. Riley in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Graham was launched onto a national and international platform of influence and prestige among evangelical ranks.

Northern Lights Local Exchange Point

The Northern Lights Local Exchange Point (NLLXP) is a free Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the USA.

Playing the Building

It ran from November 5, 2012 to December 4, 2012 in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Aria building in the Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District.

Puntland State University

Puntland State University has entered into a sister institution relationship with the Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC) based in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States.

Sir Gervais Tennyson d'Eyncourt, 2nd Baronet

He married secondly, in 1964, Vinnie Lorraine, the widow of Robert J. O'Donnell and younger daughter of Andrew Pearson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

The Awesome Snakes

Awesome Snakes was a two-person punk rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, featuring Annie "Sparrows" Holoien (The Soviettes, The God Damn Doo Wop Band) on bass and Danny Henry (The Soviettes, France Has The Bomb, International Robot) on drums.

The Exonerated

Jessica Blank, who is married to Erik Jensen, got the idea for the play when she moved from Minneapolis, Minnesota to New York City.

The Replacements Stink

The Replacements Stink is an EP by the band The Replacements, recorded at Blackberry Way, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 13, 1982, and released on June 24, 1982 (see 1982 in music).

Toni Stone

Toni Stone graduated from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Vahram Sargsyan

His composition Luis Zvart was performed at the 6th World Symposium on Choral Music (Minneapolis, Minnesota 2002).

WCCO

KMNB, a radio station (102.9 FM) licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, which used the call sign WCCO-FM from May 1969 to November 1983

WCCO-TV, a CBS affiliated television station (channel 4 analog/32 digital) licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Wilbur B. Foshay

As he worked on his third and largest utility empire, Foshay built the Foshay Tower in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which opened in August 1929.

Wild About Harry

Harry Wild Jones, a 19th-century architect from Minneapolis, Minnesota

WTCN

KARE, a television station (channel 11 analog/35 digital) licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, which held the call sign WTCN-TV from September 1953 to July 1985

WWTC, a radio station (1280 AM) licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, which held the call sign WTCN from September 1934 to October 1964

WUSA

KARE, a television station (channel 11 digital) licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, which used the call sign WUSA from July 1985 to June 1986

Young–Quinlan Building

The Young–Quinlan Building was erected at 901 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1926.