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Media Play was an attempt by The Musicland Group to compete with so-called big box retailers such as electronics stores Best Buy and Circuit City, who sold CDs at near cost to lure customers in. In addition to music, Media Play also carried books,...

It's one of the world's most famous ice cream bars.

Encouraged by the initial success of his American Basketball Association (ABA), which challenged the National Basketball Association (NBA), Gary Davidson and his cohorts turned their attention to hockey. On November 1, 1971, Davidson announced the formation of the World Hockey Association (WHA) to challenge...

The Metrodome, officially the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, opened in Minneapolis 1982, replacing Metropolitan Stadium in suburban Bloomington as the home of the city's pro baseball and pro football teams. The baseball team left after the 2009 season and moved into their own place....

The original Minnesota Fighting Saints were charter members of the World Hockey Association in 1972. The team played its home games in St. Paul, while the rival NHL Minnesota North Stars played in suburban Bloomington. The Fighting Saints folded halfway through the 1975-76 season....

Soccer Bowl '83 was the penultimate championship game played by the original North American Soccer League (NASL). The NASL was??formed in 1967 when the competing United Soccer Association and the National Professional Soccer League decided to join forces. For the next 12 seasons, it...

The Metrodome, officially the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, opened in Minneapolis 1982, replacing Metropolitan Stadium in suburban Bloomington as the home of the city's pro baseball and pro football teams. The baseball team left after the 2009 season and moved into their own place....

The Bell System was a network of telecommunication companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), that dominated telephone service in North America for over a century. It was formed in 1877 and broken up on anti-trust grounds in 1983. Colloquially, the system...

Reddy is ready for Christmas! Are you....?

Are you "reddy" for an electrifying Christmas?

Red Barn was founded in 1961 in Dayton. The chain, which served hamburgers and fish in addition to fried chicken, grew to over 400 locations in 19 states before shutting down in 1986.

The Minnesota Buckskins were charter members of World Team Tennis in 1974. Their home court was the Metropolitan Sports Center. They folded after just one season, despite finishing with a record of 27 wins and 17 losses.

Zantigo was a chain of fast food Mexican restaurants that served fresh and tangy delicacies from 1976 to 1987. It was famous for its chili, taco burritos, taco salads, cheese chilitos, and cheap chips & cheese that were to die for according to former...

Sandy's was a hamburger chain founded in Peoria, Illinois in 1956 by four businessmen who originally planned to open a McDonald's franchise. After a disagreement with McDonald's head Ray Kroc, the four men struck out on their own, naming their burger joint Sandy's. The...

The Battle of the Network Stars was a series of TV programs that featured stars from the three major broadcast networks of the 1970s, pitted against each other in various athletic events. A total of 19 episodes were produced from 1976 to 1988. OS15000...

Known as simply The Longhorn to loyal patrons and music fans, Jay's Longhorn was one of the most important rock clubs in America in the 1970s and 1980s. Many national and international acts played their early in their careers as did many well known...

In 1991, Minnesota went from worst to first to capture the pennant. They beat Atlanta in the championship, a team that had also gone from worst to first.??

KTMA was established in 1982. In 1992, they adopted new call letters. It's no mystery what the station's most famous program, was: The one where the guy and his robot friends make fun of cheesy movies.

If you survived Y2K, you can survive anything!

Robert Hall Clothes, better known as simply Robert Hall, was a warehouse-style clothing store foined in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1937. It eventually grew to over 350 locations in 36 states. Founder Jacob Schwab is reported to have pulled the name out of thin air....

The Minnesota Norseman were members of the??American Professional Slo-Pitch League??from 1977-1980. In their first season they were known as the Goofy's. A new owner changed the name to Norsemen for the 1978 season. Their home field was Midway Stadium in St. Paul.

Laurel & Hardy were one of the most famous comedy duos in history. Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in England, came to the U.S. in 1912 with a comedy troupe in which he performed. After the tour, he decided to stay and later...

Family Video was in founded in 1978 in Springfield, Illinois as the Video Movie Club. The idea came about when??Midstates Appliance and Supply Company, owned by Charles Hoogland, found itself stuck with an excess of video movies as a result of being a distributor...

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers joined the North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1977. Their home was Lockhart Stadium which is considered to be America's first-ever soccer-specific stadium. In 1984, the team moved to Minnesota. Two subsequent, but unrelated, soccer teams have used the Strikers...

This was always one of the best deals in the record store, especially if you catching up on an artist's catalog.

The Minneapolis Marines were a professional football team established in 1905. An independent team for most of its existence, it joined the American Professional Football Association in 1921, that league's second season. The team ceased operations after the 1924 season but reformed as the...

Who knows better than a skunk that smoking stinks?

The real community of St. Olaf, Minnesota, population 332,?? is the hometown of fictional TV character Rose Nylund.

Not sure if everybody knows your name at Gary's Old Town Tavern.    OS15655

Sandy's was a hamburger chain founded in Peoria, Illinois in 1956 by four businessmen who originally planned to open a McDonald's franchise. After a disagreement with McDonald's head Ray Kroc, the four men struck out on their own, naming their burger joint Sandy's. The...