It’s a shrine to all things SPAM. A mecca for the canned-meat enthusiasts, a Graceland-type of destination that recently got some brand new digs in 2016.  Located in Austin, MN, a farm-country town found near the Iowa border south of Rochester, right smack in the midde of its killer little downtown. Austin is home to the massive Hormel Foods Corporation, and its flagship product, SPAM. The museum tells the history of Hormel, SPAM, Dinty Moore, and the significance of the products around the world. Continue reading →

Occasionally, you’ll be driving on a very nondescript country road passing through rolling farmland that characterizes most of rural Minnesota, and come across something that takes you by complete surprise, making you almost break your neck trying to see it (or slam on the brakes if you’re like me).  The Watt Munisotram is one of those places. Continue reading →