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Destination of the Day: Bunnell House
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Destination of the Day: Bunnell House

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Destination of the Day: Bunnell House

While Homer, Minnesota isn't quite the buzzing river town that it was once, it is still home to one of the oldest extant houses along the Upper Mississippi. The home of Willard and Matilda Bunnell was built in the 1850s in a style that some have called "Steamboat Gothic." Bunnell was one of the early

By Dean Klinkenberg|2016-10-21T15:28:36-05:00April 29th, 2013|Destination of the Day|Comments Off

Minnesota’s Great River Road
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Minnesota’s Great River Road

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Minnesota’s Great River Road

Views of the Mississippi River from Minnesota.

By Dean Klinkenberg|2017-11-09T21:44:25-05:00April 7th, 2011|Of Places|Comments Off

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Population (2010) 181 Introduction Homer is one of a string of old rivertowns between Winona and La Crescent that sacrificed much of their historic core for the widening of US Highway 61. History Around 1831, Francois du Chouquette, a blacksmith, set up shop at the

By Dean Klinkenberg|2024-05-29T15:36:40-05:00January 11th, 2011|Minnesota|Comments Off

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