“My Town” is the latest rural initiative from The Brookshire Company, a Minnesota-based Commercial Real Estate company. Hepola takes a plunge in the Redhead Mine Pit with 30West owners, ...

Growing up, I realized that children are a product of their environment, so let me tell you a little bit about mine: I grew up in Secaucus, N.J., a town called “the Jewel of the Meadowlands.” ...

I've never seen anything like this in my real town. While that wasn't exactly realistic, there's a selection of cute coffee shops, an antique store, and restaurants about a 10-minute drive away.

The "My Town" documentary series, directed and hosted by Cory Hepola, visits seven rural communities, including Willmar, to share positive stories about small-town life in the Upper Midwest.

—u/Pascale73. 3. "My culture shock moment was when I was in a small town in China, and people would either come and ask to take a picture or just straight up start taking pictures of me." ...