A rock legend's roots
The times are “not a-changin’” in Bob Dylan’s hometown, said Garth Woolsey in the Toronto Star. On the streets of tiny Hibbing, Minn., “the vibe is mid-20th century more than early 21st,” so much so that “you half expect to see vintage Chevys” and men in fedoras. Dylan said as much himself recently: “Whatever was in the air before is probably still there,” he told Rolling Stone. Dylan enthusiasts make sojourns just to breathe that air, as well as to view a modest library exhibit or enjoy an annual arts festival held in the songwriter’s honor. Worth visiting outside town is the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine, a huge iron mine that’s billed as “the Grand Canyon of the north.” If you want your own name to be forever attached to Hibbing, visit the Greyhound Museum, dedicated to the bus line. There, right in Dylan’s hometown, you can have your name inscribed on a sidewalk brick.
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