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Moorhead, Minnesota History: From Lake Agassiz to the Birthplace of the Dilly Bar

Today, Moorhead, Minnesota, is best known as one-half of the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area, a thriving regional hub along the Red River of the North. Yet the city's story—which includes the invention of Dairy Queen’s famous Dilly Bar—begins thousands of years before its first settlers arrived, when a massive prehistoric lake covered much of the northern Great Plains.

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Alpine Inn Omaha: Fried Chicken, Raccoons, and Nebraska's Most Unique Restaurant

Welcome to Alpine Inn, "Home of the Wildlife," one of the most distinctive dining experiences not only in Nebraska but arguably anywhere in the United States. Nestled on the northern outskirts of Omaha, this legendary restaurant has delighted customers for decades with hand-dipped fried chicken, live entertainment, and a nightly gathering of very hungry furry visitors.

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