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All pictures by Nathan Bierma, June 2000. 

Mall of America

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1 - The capital of the United States, the hideous haven of hedonism, the mecca of money, hosting daily orgies of consumerism, the destination for millions of sad souls on a sick sort of pilgrimage -- ladies and gentlemen, a picture of what is wrong with humanity: the Mall of America.
2 - Dante thought hell had over a dozen tiers. This picture insists it is four ...
3 - ... this one, three.

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4,5 - If naming an indoor amusment park "Camp Snoopy" is the noblest tribute you can muster for Minnesota native and Peanuts genius Charles Schulz, you need a new Noble Tributes department.

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6,7 - No childhood is complete without Legos kneading one's imagination.

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8,9 - Sure, the Rainforest Cafe, which donates proceeds to rainforest preservation, also exploits environmental resources just like every other restaurant mall (though none more ironically). Still, what are YOU doing to safe the rainforest?
 

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10,11 - Ten years before ground broke on the Western Hemisphere's answer to the Pyramids, the location hosted Metropolitan Stadium, home of the Twins and Vikings. Now only home plate remains - right in the middle of Camp Snoopy.
12 - Over five hundred feet away, a red stadium chair mounted on the wall (just left of the center evergreen in the picture) marks the landing spot of Harmon Kilbrew's record-setting home run in the old stadium.

Minneapolis
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1,2 - Downtown Minneapolis, whose modern flair is incongruous in the slow, treelined state. Minneapolis, with its malls, convention centers, and sports teams, is the flamboyant, rebellious free spirit of the Twin Cities. St. Paul is the wiser, more responsible, traditional mainstay.

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3 - Metrodome, which in 1992 hosted the Final Four, Stanley Cup Finals, and World Series. Today it hosts the Triple A Twins, and the Vikings.
4 - On a bus tour of Kevin Garnett's neighborhood, getting a glimpse from the window of the Target Center.

St. Paul
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