Dylan’s Minnesota
Bob Dylan’s raucous impression of Little Richard at his high school homecoming prompted the principal to close the curtain. In October, Dylan won the Nobel Prize. (Kurt Chandler / Chicago Tribune)
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Following in the footsteps of Bob Dylan.
A 2012 photo of folk music legend Bob Dylan at the White House. (Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA)
Bob Dylan lived with his parents and younger brother in a comfortable home in Hibbing, Minn. He left for Minneapolis and New York shortly after graduating from high school. (Kurt Chandler / Chicago Tribune)
This is the home where Bob Dylan lived with his parents and younger brother in Hibbing. (Kurt Chandler / Chicago Tribune)
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Born in Duluth, Minn., in 1941, Bob Dylan lived with his parents in an upstairs apartment until he was 6. The duplex is a must-see attraction for fans.
(Bill Pagel / For the Chicago Tribune)Teachers at Hibbing High School remember Bobby Zimmerman (Dylan’s birth name) as a quiet “B” student. (Kurt Chandler / Chicago Tribune)
The open-pit iron mine just outside of Hibbing is the largest of its kind in the world. Iron ore is shipped from Duluth to make steel around the globe. (Kurt Chandler / Chicago Tribune)
The open-pit iron mine just outside of Hibbing seems to go on forever. (Kurt Chandler / Chicago Tribune)
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Howard Street is the main drag in Hibbing, Bob Dylan’s home until he was 18. A mining town 85 miles from Canada, Hibbing inspired a number of Dylan songs, including “North Country Blues.” (Kurt Chandler / Chicago Tribune)
Bob Dylan’s birthplace, the port town of Duluth, lies on the shore of “the big black mysterious” Lake Superior, as the songwriter describes it. (Kurt Chandler / Chicago Tribune)
Bob Dylan performs during a concert in Germany in 1981. (Frank Leonhardt / AFP/Getty Images)
Bob Dylan’s birthplace is the port town of Duluth. (Kurt Chandler / Chicago Tribune)
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Bob Dylan went to kindergarten at Nettleton elementary school, now vacant, two blocks from his home. (Kurt Chandler / Chicago Tribune)
Minnesota Highway 61 sparked the early Dylan song and album title “Highway 61 Revisited.” (Kurt Chandler / Chicago Tribune)
Howard Street is the main drag in Hibbing, Bob Dylan’s home until he was 18. His bar mitzvah celebration was held at the Androy Hotel. (Kurt Chandler / Chicago Tribune)
Bob Dylan performs in Los Angeles in 2012. (Chris Pizzello / AP)