Montevideo, Minnesota

Anyone who has ever put in 'montevideo' on google knows that there is also a Montevideo, Minnesota. Whoop dee doo, right? Wrong! Can you believe that they are sister cities? The city in Minnesota (MN) was purposely named after it's Uruguayan namesake though the reasons are unclear from my viewpoint. There is a statue there resurrected for Jose Artigas, Uruguay's national hero given to the community by Uruguayan citizens. Then to top it all off every year Montevideo, MN celebrates Fiesta Days in honor of it's sister city down here in Uruguay.

How awesome!