When I travel around the United States and even the larger world and mention that I lived in Minnesota, the response I get is typically about the "many lakes there" or Prairie Home Companion, the immensely popular radio-program-cum-franchise started by St. Paul resident Garrison Keillor. When I lived in rural Virginia, people there would continually confuse Michigan with Minnesota and Indianapolis with Minneapolis. People everywhere ask where Lake Wobegon is. It isn't — it's fiction. So, it comes as no surprise to learn that many people often don't know that two of the world's most famous names — the Mayo Clinic ... To read this entire article you must be a MultiLingual subscriber. For immediate access to the current issue, subscribe to the digital version. Already a subscriber?

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