Photograph of the 1965 Minnesota Twins used as part of an advertisement for Hamm’s Beer, 1965.

The Met Center couldn’t find a tenant after the North Stars left for Dallas, and the arena sat empty until it was demolished in December 1994. Photo by Steve Clover.

Marshall plays Glencoe in the girls’ state basketball tournament at the Met Center in Bloomington, 1976.

Diane Maas of Walker receives the first annual International Eelpout Festival trophy from Minneapolis Tribune sportswriter Ron Schara, 1980. Diane’s prize-winning eelpout weighed in at eight pounds eleven ounces. Photo by Don Smith, Walker Pilot-Independent. Used with permission.

Bartenders at the Chase on the Lake Ice Bar at the International Eelpout Festival, 2017. Photo by Josh Stokes

The Chase on the Lake Ice Bar at the International Eelpout Festival, 2017. Photo by Josh Stokes.

The Chase on the Lake International Eelpout Festival Beer Pong Championship trophy, 2017. Photo by Josh Stokes.

Beer pong competition at the International Eelpout Festival, 2017. A drinking game where team members tried to toss ping pong balls across the table into their competitor’s cups of beer. If successful, the opponent would have to drink the beer in the cup. Photo by Josh Stokes.

Ice fishing shack on Leech Lake for the International Eelpout Festival, 2016. Photo by Josh Stokes.