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Seeing a new box on Grindr is actually f*cking Christmas morning.

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You know what it feels like to be shit on by the East and West Coasts and even if you ended up moving there, you don’t completely forgive them for it.

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The church was burned down by vandals, but many have claimed there was a large upside-down cross, a mark of Satanism, painted on the front of the building. And underneath the church is where it’s said you can step right down into hell.

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It was a traditionalist bone I didn’t know I had. I do not have the New York fight in me; I am soft, farm-raised, a girl who prefers her adventures close to home.

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Michigan sees all four seasons and each is beautiful.

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It feels healthy to be nice to people.

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Our weather goes from blazing hot to winter, pretty much instantaneously. So that means it’s time to start stocking your closet with your cold-weather necessities.

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Getting circled by Bert.

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Minnesota is famous for its Scandinavians, but actually the single most populous ethnic group in the state isn’t Swedes, Norwegians, or Finns: it’s Germans, and the epicenter of Gopher State Germanness is New Ulm.

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The north country. Minnesota is a stunning place, and there aren’t many other places that look like it.