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America’s Small Towns Have Big Stories!

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Alexandria, Minnesota: GIANT Vikings, Lakes, and One of Minnesota's Greatest Mysteries

No attraction has brought Alexandria more international attention than the Kensington Runestone. In 1898, Swedish immigrant Olof Ohman claimed to have discovered a 202-pound greywacke stone covered in ancient Nordic runes while clearing land near Kensington, Minnesota. According to Ohman, the stone was found intertwined among the roots of a tree…

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