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Celebrating Big Ole through the Years

By Explore Alexandria | May 5, 2023

Alexandria's famed and beloved Viking statue Big Ole turned 58 years old this past April! He has had a long history over all those years in Alexandria, including slightly different looks and locations. During most ...
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Mountain Bike Trail Conditions

By Explore Alexandria | May 1, 2023

The Alexandria Lakes Area has two beautiful networks of designated mountain bike trails in two Douglas County Parks. These are trails are great for both hiking and mountain biking! Kensington Runestone Park has mountain bike ...

History Lovers’ Guide

By Staci Bennett | Apr 28, 2023

Explore Alexandria’s History  Did you know that Alexandria is home to what the National Register of Historic Places calls “Outstate Minnesota’s largest and most intact late 19th/early 20th century residential district?” The Alexandria Residential Historic ...

Two Theatre Options This Weekend

By Joe Korkowski | Apr 19, 2023

A fast-paced comedy opens up in Alexandria this Thursday, April 20th. "The Play That Goes Wrong" is a play within a play. The show follows the antics of the Cornley Drama Society who are trying ...
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10% Off Golf & Cart for Visitors!

By Explore Alexandria | Apr 7, 2023

Visitors staying at our lodging properties can receive 10% Off Golf & Cart at participating Golf Courses! Discount card will be administered by the lodging properties in association with your stay. You may mention your ...
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Andes Celebrates Spring…in the Snow

By Joe Korkowski | Apr 4, 2023

As is the tradition every year at Andes Tower Hills, they celebrate the end of the skiing/snowboarding season with their Spring Fling weekend. Only this year, despite their recent event, the season is far from ...
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Take A Kid Fishing Episode

By Joe Korkowski | Mar 24, 2023

In the latest Fishing the Midwest TV program, host Mike Frisch welcomes the winner of the Diamond Buick/GMC Take A Kid Fishing, Kinsley Nawrocki, for a day on the water. Mike and Kinsley go after some ...
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Where’s The Viking Trail?

By Joe Korkowski | Mar 16, 2023

I can't even comprehend the amount of times my vehicle or bicycle has traveled over the Viking Trail in Douglas County, yet it wasn't until I took this job as Executive Director of Explore Alexandria ...
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Walleyes, Boards and Weeds

By Joe Korkowski | Mar 16, 2023

Fishing guide Tanner Arndt joins Fishing the Midwest's Mike Frisch for a day of fishing and walleyes holding in the weeds are the targeted species. Tanner shows Mike his unique way of catching walleyes from ...

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