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March 30, 2026 Frank Bures

How Minnesota Got Wine (University of Minnesota Alumni Magazine)

March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 Frank Bures

The Paul Bunyan Canoe Derby (Mnopedia)

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 Frank Bures

Historic Photos from the Canoe Races on the Mississippi River

September 26, 2025September 26, 2025 Frank Bures

Wicked Minnehaha Documentary (Twin Cities Public Television)

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Frank Bures is the author of "Pushing the River: An Epic Battle, a Lost History, a Near Death, and Other True Canoeing Stories," "The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death and the Search for the Meaning of the World’s Strangest Syndromes," and the editor of "Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology." He writes about culture, travel, science, outdoors, narrative and belief.

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  • The Marfa Mystery Lights (Texas Journey Magazine)
  • Winter Garment Deficit Disorder (Wearing Shorts in Winter)
  • The Best Nonfiction: The Electric Typewriter
  • Dark Shamans, Stolen Bones and a Deadly Obsession: One Anthropologist's Fateful Search for the Secrets of Kanaima (Outside Magazine)
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  • Under Pressure: The Science of Anxiety, Fear and Stress
  • The Life and Death of Malls: From Victor Gruen to Karmel Square
  • Origin Unknown
  • 9,000 miles. Nearly three years. Mainly, by canoe.
  • Madtown Audio Tour

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