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Richard Bauman

RICHARD BAUMAN has been a freelance writer for more than 40 years. He enjoys writing about unusual places and events and the people involved in them. He and his wife, Donna, call West Covina, California, home. His website is www.RichardJBauman.com.

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The Grasshopper Chapel

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The tiny churchlike building in Cold Spring, Minnesota, is called the Grasshopper Chapel, but that isn’t its real name. When first built in 1877, it was Maria Hilf, which is German for “Mary’s Help.” Even though it’s now officially…