10/22-24/2006 - Dell, MN

I understand that it's a large company, but I was still surprised to find that Dell has its own city out in Minnesota.

I actually think that I have been mapquested again -- Dell appears on mapquest, but there's no record of internal streets. It's just an asterisk at the corner of 97th street and 480th ave.

And what the heck does that mean? From what I can tell, the counties in Southern Minnesota lay out streets in grids. There doesn't seem to be much between them, but you'll see 350th ave followed by 330th ave some time later. These are the North/South. East/West are the streets (100th, 97th, etc.) When you cross into a new county, the numbering starts over again, although 97th street will keep its name.

I tried googling to find the origin of these conventions, but I couldn't find anything. What I did find was the National Swine Registry, so that will have to do.

42,700 porcine steps today. Cheers,