{"id":23151,"date":"2020-04-03T18:48:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T23:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=23151"},"modified":"2022-08-01T06:27:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:27:21","slug":"mall-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/mall-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Mall of America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota (August 2002)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/8869441140\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3756\/8869441140_8ef88ff18f_o.jpg\" alt=\"Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota\"\/><\/a><figcaption>The Sign Says it All<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone hunting for Americana in Minnesota absolutely must visit to Mall of America in Bloomington, a suburb of the Minneapolis \/ St. Paul metropolitan area (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/rz9eZ9BK8p4vaRqU9\">map<\/a>). 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