Snow lay on the ground one Christmas Day about a decade ago and Eloisa Bustos didn't have a ride to Mass. Bustos, who had late-onset Alzheimer's disease, was in an assisted living home at the time.

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That’s exactly what happens when you visit Stillwater, Minnesota, a town so historically significant and downright delightful that you’ll wonder why you haven’t been making weekly pilgrimages.