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Every Minnesota Square, A to Z

Andover, Minnesota · since 1857 The Andover Square Step inside Photo: Bradinator33, CC0 Apple Valley, Minnesota · since 1860 The Apple Valley Square Step inside Photo: Jexiqua, CC BY-SA 3.0 Austin, Minnesota · since 1853 The Austin Square Home of the Packers Step inside Photo: Myotus, CC BY-SA 4.0 Blaine, Minnesota · since 1877 The Blaine Square Step inside Photo: Runner1928, CC BY-SA 4.0 Bloomington, Minnesota · since 1843 The Bloomington Square Step inside Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 Brooklyn Center, Minnesota · since 1852 The Brooklyn Center Square Step inside Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 Brooklyn Park, Minnesota · since 1850 The Brooklyn Park Square Step inside Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 Burnsville, Minnesota · since 1855 The Burnsville Square Home of the Blaze Step inside Photo: davumaya, CC BY-SA 2.0 Champlin, Minnesota · since 1852 The Champlin Square Home of the Rebels Step inside Photo: Widgetkid, CC BY-SA 4.0 Chanhassen, Minnesota · since 1969 The Chanhassen Square Home of the Storm Step inside Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 Chaska, Minnesota · since 1891 The Chaska Square Home of the Hawks Step inside Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 Columbia Heights, Minnesota · since 1898 The Columbia Heights Square Step inside Photo: SRHMGSLP, Public domain Coon Rapids, Minnesota The Coon Rapids Square Step inside Photo: Firry Floyd, CC BY-SA 3.0 Cottage Grove, Minnesota · since 1843 The Cottage Grove Square Home of the Wolfpack Step inside Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 Crystal, Minnesota · since 1866 The Crystal Square Step inside Photo: Alex Hendricks, CC BY-SA 4.0 Duluth, Minnesota · since 1679 The Duluth Square Home of the Greyhounds Step inside Photo: Mfield, Matthew Field, http://www.photography.mattfield.com, CC BY-SA 4.0 Eagan, Minnesota · since 1860 The Eagan Square Home of the Wildcats Step inside Photo: Appraiser at English Wikipedia, Public domain Eden Prairie, Minnesota · since 1858 The Eden Prairie Square Home of the Eagles Step inside Photo: Kevin Rofidal, CC BY 3.0 Edina, Minnesota · since 1888 The Edina Square Home of the Hornets Step inside Photo: User:WilliamJGage, CC BY-SA 3.0 Elk River, Minnesota The Elk River Square Home of the Elks Step inside Photo: 123dieinafire at en.wikipedia, Public domain Faribault, Minnesota · since 1855 The Faribault Square Home of the Falcons Step inside Photo: FaribaultMan, CC BY-SA 4.0 Farmington, Minnesota The Farmington Square Home of the Tigers Step inside Photo: Appraiser at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 Fridley, Minnesota · since 1847 The Fridley Square Step inside Photo: Tony Webster from San Francisco, California, CC BY-SA 2.0 Golden Valley, Minnesota · since 1886 The Golden Valley Square Step inside Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 Hastings, Minnesota · since 1857 The Hastings Square Step inside Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, CC BY-SA 2.0 Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota · since 1852 The Inver Grove Heights Square Home of the Spartans Step inside Photo: G. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0 Lakeville, Minnesota · since 1850 The Lakeville Square Home of the Panthers Step inside Photo: Allmightyduck, CC BY-SA 3.0 Lino Lakes, Minnesota The Lino Lakes Square Home of the Cougars Step inside Photo: Gabriel Vanslette, CC BY 3.0 Mankato, Minnesota · since 1852 The Mankato Square Step inside Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 Maple Grove, Minnesota · since 1858 The Maple Grove Square Home of the Crimson (the teams are called the Crimson) Step inside Photo: Heritage Preservation Department - MNHS, CC BY 4.0 Maplewood, Minnesota · since 1957 The Maplewood Square Step inside Photo: Gabriel Vanslette, CC BY 3.0 Minnetonka, Minnesota · since 1852 The Minnetonka Square Home of the Skippers Step inside Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 Moorhead, Minnesota · since 1871 The Moorhead Square Step inside Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 New Brighton, Minnesota · since 1891 The New Brighton Square Step inside Photo: Myotus, CC BY-SA 4.0 Northfield, Minnesota · since 1855 The Northfield Square Step inside Photo: Calebrw, CC BY-SA 3.0 Oakdale, Minnesota The Oakdale Square Home of the Titans Step inside Photo: Eóin, CC BY 4.0 Otsego, Minnesota The Otsego Square Step inside Photo: Bradinator33, CC0 Owatonna, Minnesota The Owatonna Square Home of the Huskies Step inside Photo: Jon Platek, CC BY-SA 3.0 Plymouth, Minnesota · since 1852 The Plymouth Square Home of the Trojans Step inside Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 Prior Lake, Minnesota · since 1891 The Prior Lake Square Home of the Lakers Step inside Photo: Jeanqueq, CC BY-SA 4.0 Ramsey, Minnesota The Ramsey Square Step inside Photo: Bradinator33, CC0 Richfield, Minnesota · since 1908 The Richfield Square Home of the Spartans Step inside Photo: SDHO, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rochester, Minnesota · since 1854 The Rochester Square Step inside Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified or unknown, Public domain Rosemount, Minnesota · since 1856 The Rosemount Square Home of the Irish Step inside Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, CC BY 2.0 Roseville, Minnesota · since 1948 The Roseville Square Home of the Raiders Step inside Photo: Runner1928, CC BY-SA 4.0 Savage, Minnesota · since 1852 The Savage Square Step inside Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant), CC BY-SA 2.5 Shakopee, Minnesota The Shakopee Square Home of the Sabers Step inside Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, CC BY 2.0 Shoreview, Minnesota · since 1858 The Shoreview Square Step inside Photo: Gabriel Vanslette, CC BY 3.0 St. Cloud, Minnesota · since 1856 The St. Cloud Square Step inside Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0 St. Louis Park, Minnesota · since 1852 The St. Louis Park Square Home of the Orioles Step inside Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, CC BY 2.0 St. Michael, Minnesota The St. Michael Square Home of the Knights Step inside Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 West St. Paul, Minnesota The West St. Paul Square Step inside Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 White Bear Lake, Minnesota The White Bear Lake Square Home of the Bears Step inside Photo: Elkman, CC BY-SA 3.0 Willmar, Minnesota The Willmar Square Home of the Cardinals Step inside Photo: Myotus, CC BY 4.0 Winona, Minnesota · since 1805 The Winona Square Home of the Winhawks Step inside Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 Woodbury, Minnesota · since 1967 The Woodbury Square Home of the Royals (mascot: Roar the Lion) Step inside Photo: EricWoodbury8301, CC BY 4.0

Made in Minnesota

Minnesota firsts

• 1864
  The start of Mayo Clinic Rochester

  Dr. William W. Mayo opened a medical practice in Rochester in 1864, and his sons Will and Charlie grew it into Mayo Clinic. Source

• 1914
  Greyhound's first route Hibbing

  Greyhound traces its start to 1914, when Eric Wickman used a car he couldn't sell to carry miners from Hibbing to Alice for 15 cents a ride. Source

• 1922
  The first water skis Lake City

  In the summer of 1922, 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson figured out how to ski on Lake Pepin at Lake City. A pair of his early skis is kept by the Lake City Chamber of Commerce. Source

• 1930
  Clear sticky tape St. Paul

  3M engineer Richard Drew came up with the first see-through sticky tape in St. Paul in 1930, made with cellophane. Source

• 1937
  Paul Bunyan and Babe Bemidji

  Bemidji put up giant statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox in 1937 to catch the eye of passing drivers, a nod to the town's logging past. Source

• 1937
  Spam Town USA Austin

  Hormel launched Spam in 1937. Austin still makes the Spam sold across North America and is home to the Spam Museum. Source

• 1946
  Tonka trucks Mound

  Tonka began in 1946 in Mound as a garden-tool maker called Mound Metalcraft, then took its name from nearby Lake Minnetonka and became famous for tough steel toy trucks. Source

• 1950
  The Bundt pan Minneapolis

  Two women from a Minneapolis Hadassah group asked H. David Dalquist of Nordic Ware for a modern take on an old ring-shaped cake mold, and the first small batch of Bundt pans came out in 1950. Source

• 1954
  An early snowmobile Roseau

  Workers at a small Roseau shop built a snow machine in 1954 that led to Polaris, which still builds vehicles in Roseau today. Source

• 1992
  The biggest mall in the U.S. Bloomington

  Mall of America opened in August 1992 where the old Metropolitan Stadium once stood, and it is the largest mall in the country. Source