In a recent journal article about the Du Luth Stone, a Minnesota State Preservation Office archeologist wrote, "There is a greater likelihood of the inscription being authentic than not.”

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For 87 years, people have gathered at the Loon Lake Community Center to celebrate the beginning of Lent and sled down a big hill together.

It's all part of the annual Laskiainen, a Finnish festival that celebrates the changing of the seasons, observes traditions of Finnish culture and gives kids a chance to get outside and fly fast down a well-watered hill.

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Walter Eldot's article exposed terrible living conditions — from men sleeping on the bathroom floor to a tuberculosis outbreak. But it spurred dramatic improvements and updates to the shelter.

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Since the 1960s, the CHS grain elevator in Superior has hosted holiday lights strung from a flagpole in a tree-like shape. For Blatnik Bridge regulars, there's no more visible sign of the season.

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Laura Goewey Carlson revives vintage dolls, discovering a darkness within them.

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Taken from Duluth by the St. Paul Dispatch in 1896, the steam whistle would sound “sharp, short toots if returns favor” the paper's preferred candidate and "a long, dismal wail" if they didn't.

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Steve Solkela plays over 250 shows a year, appearing everywhere from ethnic festivals to arcades and peppering his sets with zingers. Just about the only thing he doesn't do is "dinner music." In this episode, Jay Gabler profiles the career of this Iron Range musician.

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In this episode of Northlandia, reporter Teri Cadeau Eric Enstrom and his famous photograph "Grace" originially taken in 1918 in Bovey, Minnesota.

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Gus Hall, born Arvo Kusta Halberg in the unincorporated community to Finnish immigrants, was general secretary of the U.S. Communist Party from 1959 until his death in 2000. In this episode of Northlandia, Jimmy Lovrien joins to share his story.

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Authors Kelly Florence and Meg Hafdahl, who formed their lifelong connection in Duluth, have included the city in a new book called "Travels of Terror." In this episode, Jay Gabler joins to explore why Duluth is one of America's spookiest places.

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