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Northlandia — 94 episodes

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Some Northland Carnegie libraries still serve original purpose, but others have new lives

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Russ Kendall's Smokehouse is a Highway 61 institution

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Meet the people behind 3 Elys in St. Louis County

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Ski Jumping in Cloquet Ahead of Winter Olympics

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Merv Griffin's Ode to Duluth, 'Christmas City'

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Whoopsa Daisy Farm Brings Whimsy to Agritourism

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The Blueberry Muffin Gang From Carlton

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Train Porters' Local Ties Lead to 'Incredible Story'

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Hibbing Museum Celebrates the Start of Busing in the US

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Sparta Sound is a Music Haven

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How Northern Minnesota Aids Study of Ghost-Like Particles

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Inside Duluth's 'Mysterious' Owls Club

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Waters Flow in 3 Directions Near Hibbing

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Snowstorm with 100 MPH Winds Battered Northland 50 Years Ago

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Best Little Family Store South of the Canadian Border

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Skiing Sheikh Prank Pulled by Duluth Shoe Store Owner

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Lake Superior's Largest Fishing Lure Hangs in Duluth

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Did Duluth Namesake Etch on Pine County Rock?

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Laskiainen Lives on in Loon Lake Nearly 90 years

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Reporter, Photographer Posed as Transient Men for Bethel expose in 1953

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Highest Christmas Tree Atop Grain Elevator

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Creepy Dolls Revived by Moose Lake Woman

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Election Results Announced by Great Lakes Steamship in 1896

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How Steve Solkela Became a Gen Z Finnish Polka Comedy Icon

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Famous "Grace" Photograph's Northland Origin

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Communist Leader From Cherry Who Ran For President

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Why Duluth is One of America's Spookiest Spots

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Gnomes on the Iron Range

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Over 1,000 Pets Buried at Abandoned Cemetery

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Burned Down Café Still Standing on Madeline Island

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Iron Range Artist Sent His Work to Eleanor Roosevelt and Others

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Bunker House Ready For Apocalypse

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Clark the Lake Superior Shark

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60. Scuba Diving in Lake Ore-be-gone

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59. Jay Leno Poked Fun at News Tribune's 1990 Racy Ad Cover Up

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58. Java Moose's Weather Reports

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57. Bobby Aro's 'Finnglish', Jokes, And Music

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56. Apollo 11 Mission's Duluth Connection

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55. Karpeles Manuscripts Keep History Alive

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54. Downtown Duluth mall that could have been built over I-35

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53. Finland continues celebrating St. Urho's legend

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52. From a train boxcar inn to building a Duluth-Fargo highway, we celebrate 1 year of Northlandia

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51. Creatives behind "Minnesota Historia" series highlight Northland's weird, quirky history

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50. Glass eyeballs and other curious artifacts found in Northland historical societies

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49. Lasting legacy of the Victory Chimes, 125-year-old schooner Duluth loved and lost

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48. Family, neighbors share stories of Gordon Bushnell, the man who tried to build Duluth-Fargo highway

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47. Iron Range priest's passion for polka led him to pope

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46. Polar vortex couldn't stop Duluth filmmaker from documenting brutal winter race

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45. Connecting with cosmos in Paulucci Space Theatre

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44. The man who attempted to build a 200 mile highway single-handedly

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43. Monkey Island and the former zoo in Virginia's Olcott Park

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42. Marcia Hales' light displays find new home after an uncertain future

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41. Canelake's Candies gives second life to Dayton's holiday figures

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40. Minnesota-Wisconsin border's only straight section set by 1852 survey

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39. Remembering 'The Great Catsby' and 'The Sawyer' through their statues

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38. Laurel and Hardy film club thrives in Twin Ports

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37. Origin of Biwabik's Honk the Moose

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36. The various 'smiles' of an Amity Creek rock face

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35. How the Buffalo House got its name

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34. Moose Boulder on Isle Royale doesn't exist. A mom and son went there to prove it

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33. 'The Iron Man lives': How Chisholm's historic statue came to be

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32. Cow on skates? A look at strange inventions of Duluth's past

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31. How Ashland became the historic mural capital of Wisconsin

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30. Duluth's cemetery labyrinth evokes questions

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29. Mesabi Iron Range's last standing headframe isn't going anywhere

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28. Why Tower has world's first monument to President McKinley

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27. Passion projects unite Knife River

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26. Hundreds of Bigfoot believers converge in Grand Rapids

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25. Walking along the Bear Trail at Great! Lakes Candy Kitchen

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24. The mysterious toy graveyard along the St. Louis River

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23. Statue thefts, ransoms, land disputes and civil disagreements

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22. Once upon a time, you could ride Aerial Lift Bridge for quarter

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21. Science fiction meets fact with bog enclosures in experimental forest

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20. The Duluth park that honors a historic street surface

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19. Legacy of the Eveleth Clown Band

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18. Ghost stories from Two Harbors' haunted restaurant

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17. Close encounter with North Shore dinosaurs

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16. A movie theater 250 feet below an Iron Range city

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15. Toimi School keeps Finnish immigrant history alive

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14. Meet 'Petertoon,' a Duluth businessman's floating photo magnet

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13. North Shore's Black Beach created by decades of mining pollution

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12. How the 'Snowshoe Priest' crossed Lake Superior by canoe

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11. Volunteers finding graves, keeping history and genealogy alive

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10. Rediscovering Bluether and Razzleberry, the retired mascots of Northland public TV

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9. Exploring Drury Lane Books, the cottage bookstore on Lake Superior's shore

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8. Twin Ports pinball duo fixes machines, builds community

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7. Furs, fins, and other taxidermy to find in Tony's Trading Post

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6. 3M's rocky beginning in Two Harbors

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5. The story behind a Grand Rapids fairytale doll museum

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4. A historic border dispute between Minnesota and Wisconsin over a few acres along the St. Louis River

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3. An Iron Range home that once was a gas station

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2. Duluth composer, Robot Rickshaw, redesigns his musical robots

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1. Inside the Northern Rail Traincar Inn, where every room is a boxcar

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Welcome to Northlandia, a place for curiosities