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Oslo

Written by . Posted on March 1, 2010. Filed under Cities & Towns, Places. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.

Founded by King Harald Hardraade sometime around the year 1050, Oslo, Norway, was the host of the 1952 Winter Olympic Games. The Oslo Winter Games were the first winter games to feature the Olympic torch that we have become so accustomed to seeing. The origins … Read More →

Lillehammer

Written by . Posted on February 18, 2010. Filed under Cities & Towns, Places. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.
The Lillehammer Coat of Arms

Host of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games, Lillehammer, Norway, has a much easier name to track down than Nagano, Japan. According to Wikipedia Lillehammer was named after the old Hamar farm that was already there when the town was established on January 1, 1838. There … Read More →

Hell

Written by . Posted on January 18, 2010. Filed under Cities & Towns, Places. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.

Hell is not only a biblical place, it is also an unincorporated town in Michigan. There are a couple of stories about how Hell, MI, came to be named hell, the first is that some German travellers got out of their wagon and said So … Read More →