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4 days ago | b105country.com | Curt St. John |Samm Adams

Think your tastebuds are ready for anything? They might be, but there are some limits here in Minnesota, where five famously funky foods are banned-- and some might just surprise you. The Land of 10,000 Lakes is renowned for its excellent restaurants and distinctive Minnesota cuisine. Tater Tot Casserole, anyone? Or perhaps you'd like to try some lutefisk? Yeah, both of those foods are really only found here in the North Star State.

4 days ago | b105country.com | Curt St. John |Samm Adams

It's just been called the Best Grocery Store in the United States, but it has surprisingly few locations here in Minnesota. Minnesota is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, right? But we're also the Land of 1,176 grocery stores. At least according to the industry site, grocery-stores.org, that is. Minnesota's grocery store landscape contains both large chains and independent retailers.

1 week ago | b105country.com | Curt St. John |Samm Adams

When you think of wild cities in the country, what comes to mind? Sin City, obviously. Maybe New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Possibly Miami on any given weekend or Tampa during Spring Break? But here’s something you probably didn’t expect, one Midwest city made the list of the wildest in all of America, and no it wasn't a spot in Minnesota OR Iowa. How’d they figure this out?

1 week ago | minnesotasnewcountry.com | Curt St. John |Samm Adams

Not everyone wants their final chapter to involve a casket or cremation. For some, the idea of quite literally returning to the Earth just feels more meaningful. Minnesota recently became the 11th state to make that possible, with a few more states joining the movement since. As of now, 13 states have legalized it, and here in Minnesota, the new law officially goes into effect on July 1st.

1 week ago | b105country.com | Curt St. John |Samm Adams

If you're looking to get out of Minnesota and head overseas, you now have a record number of choices leaving from our state's largest airport. As we've all likely heard, the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) is the largest airport in the North Star State. So it's no surprise that a LOT of Minnesotans (and Iowans and Wisconsinites and others) head through the TSA checkpoints at MSP each year when traveling across the country and overseas.