At right is the Spam Museum in downtown Austin, Minn., home of Hormel, maker of the famous canned meat product. The museum operates in a renovated Kmart building, which sat empty for several years after the retailer moved to a bigger location on the edge of town. In 2000, the Hormel Corp. bought the store to expand its headquarters less than two miles away. The company held a design competition for dibs on renovating the space, and Paulsen Architects, a firm from Mankato, Minn., won. Half of the building houses the Spam Museum; the other half, additional offices for Hormel.