Category: Homesites, Museums and Attractions

And One More on the Way: SPAM Museum | Beyond Little House

The conference countdown continues with the SPAM Museum. SPAM Hands On The SPAM Museum is named after the processed pork product that was the inspiration for what we call junk e-mails. Who would possibly want to take a side trip

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And One More on the Way: Mary Tyler Moore | Beyond Little House

Another in a series of  postings of possible places you might want to add to your Wilder conference trip. Some will be Laura related, others are just Mary Tyler Moore kind of neat tourist spots. Enjoy! During the 20th Century,

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And One More on the Way: Sail Lake Pepin | Beyond Little House

Our next stop is a definite must for every Laura fan. I haven’t been yet, but after several years of trying to make it up early enough on the Friday night, I have given up and made my reservation for

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Mankato on the Radio | Beyond Little House

Today we had Christine Nesser from Greater Mankato on Travel Times. She talked about what there is going on in Mankato while we’re at the conference. We had some issues at the beginning of the episode, but we finally got

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And One More on the Way: Lanesboro MN | Beyond Little House

Lanesboro MN Another post in our continuing series of places you might want to add on to your Laura trip, whether coming to the conference or not. Rick Steves, of Europe Through the Back Door fame, always says when you

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And One More on the Way: Barn Quilts | Beyond Little House

We continue our conference count down with information about something you might see anywhere along your route in the Midwest, barn quilts.   Barn Quilt   If you’re not from the Midwest, you might well ask just what is a

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And One More on the Way Series Resumes | Beyond Little House

When I stopped the “And One More on the Way” series of posts after the last LauraPalooza (with one bonus post in August of that year) I promised to start them up again when the next LauraPalooza countdown began. Well,

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Where in Laura is That? Contest | Beyond Little House

As part of the build up to LauraPalooza we’re  sponsoring a “Where in Laura is that?” photo contest. Once a day between now and the start of LauraPalooza a photo will be posted on both the BeyondLittleHouse Facebook page and

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My New Endeavor | Beyond Little House

Some of you may recall my alluding to a new project or two when I wrote about ceasing publication of the Homesteader. That project is now well under way, I’m happy to say. And I’m excited to share it. Come on

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