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Duluth, Minnesota: Bob Dylan's Boyhood Home

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Address:
519 N. 3rd Ave. E., Duluth, MN
Directions:
I-35 exit 256A, onto Messaba Ave. toward Superior St. Drive a couple of blocks and bear right onto W. 2nd St. Drive nine blocks and turn left onto N. 3rd Ave. E. (not N. 3rd Ave. W., which you will pass along the way). Drive north three blocks. The house is on the left (west) side, the first one north of the alley, between 5th and 6th Sts.
Admission:
Free
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Bob Dylan's Boyhood Home

The Zimmerman family lived on the top floor of this undistinguished house until Bob was six. Now a private home, but on Bob's 75th birthday in 2016, a small, round plaque was embedded in the front sidewalk; it has Dylan's face and the words, "In Bob We Trust."

Roadsideamerica.com Report... [01/15/2010]

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Bob Dylan medallion.

Bob Dylan's Boyhood Home

If you're a fan, it's worth a stop. Easy in, easy out.

[Sue, 08/10/2016]

The "In Bob We Trust" medallion was embedded in the sidewalk in 2016.


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