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From the pen of a Prairie Home Companion writer comes this completely updated and revised collection of well-known and not-so-well-known Minnesota oddities. Read about places such as Basshenge in Birchdale and the Home of Swollen Big Toe; events such as the Eelpout Festival; and phenomenon such as the world's largest prairie chicken. Even longtime residents of the Twin Cities may be surprised to discover the No Wake Cafe, situated on a Mississippi barge, and to learn how Princess Kay of the Milky Way gets sculpted in butter.

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St. Paul, Minnesota, resident Russ Ringsak has been with PRI's A Prairie Home Companion since 1974. When he's not backstage writing up Garrison Keillor's rundown, he can be found behind the wheel of the 48-foot semi-trailer hauling the radio show's equipment between venues. Denise Remick is a freelance researcher and production artist.

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