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Roadside memorials are often seen along the country's highways, typically noting the location where someone died along that road. More recently, homemade memorials have made their way off the streets and into residential neighborhoods. Flowers and balloons as well as photos and handwritten notes can be spotted on city fences or at the bases of trees. Friends and family members create such memorials to mark the last place their loved one was alive. Reporter Nikki Tundel documented some of the makeshift memorials around the Twin Cities.

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Roadside memorials are often seen along the country's highways, typically noting the location where someone died along that road. More recently, homemade memorials have made their way off the streets and into residential neighborhoods. Reporter Nikki Tundel documented some of the makeshift memorials around the Twin Cities.

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