Thrill for gearheads: Tesla rental at Mall of America
Summer is an easy season for fun and fantasy, but Minnesota’s Mall of America in Bloomington knows how to trump it up all year. This […]
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B&B is retired tugboat on Mississippi River shore
Around the time Jonathan Lucroy hit his second RBI double during the All-Star Game in Minneapolis, I sat 15 miles east, without a television, clue […]
Red Wing museum gains $1.5 million pottery collection
Red Wing, a Mississippi River city on the Minnesota side, has been home to a pottery museum for years – but now it’s billed as […]
Twin Cities: the charms of winter, beyond Mall of America
Why visit the Twin Cities in the dead of winter? Last week, I promised to offer good reasons. Here are eight. Glistening outside of Mall […]
Little Lanesboro’s slogan: Live local, live well
Engrave your name on a brick or add it to the back of an auditorium seat: That’s how a lot of nonprofit enterprises raise money. […]
North House Folk School in Grand Marais
Forty miles southwest of the border with Canada, a Minnesota village of 1,400 overlooks a shore of near-paradise, its foundation hardy in character and nostalgic […]
German heritage strong in New Ulm, Minn.
Forces of nature brought me to New Ulm, Minn., for an overnight that I didn’t expect to be pretty. Tornado-level winds and blinding rain had […]
Duluth: Solglimt, smokehaus, Park Point, pie
People who vacation in Duluth find their way to Canal Park, an area where a fine mesh of lodging, restaurants and boutiques complement the gleaming […]
Twin Cities: new ballpark, Red Stag dining
Fans of Target Field, which opened in April as home to the Minnesota Twins – seem to talk up three things more than anything else […]
National Eagle Center overlooks Mississippi
She is strong enough to fly but will never know what it feels like to soar. The bald eagle was found on the ground, near […]
Between river, bluffs: pretty Red Wing, Minn.
What surprised us the most, before the uphill hiking began, was the size of the packs that people half our age had strapped onto their […]
Twin Cities eats: Start at Hell’s Kitchen
Fine wines and places to dine are not in scarce supply in downtown Minneapolis, but I’ve decided that the first meal of the day is […]
Minneapolis architecture: expansions stun
Lovers of the fine arts and architecture have gigantic new reasons to visit downtown Minneapolis this summer. About $500 million in expansions have cemented this […]
Follow the river: Afton to Stillwater, Minn.
Near the end of his tours for the Stillwater Trolley Co., Bobby McLaughlin is likely to do a summary of the most notable people to […]
St. Paul loves native son F. Scott Fitzgerald
Summit Hill is a historic neighborhood in St. Paul, Minn., one that is full of impressively huge and grand houses. Three are on the National […]
Diverse ethnic fare: Eat Street, Minneapolis
To my left was a sturdy, red-shuttered German restaurant, the Black Forest Inn. To my right was the simple but cheery-looking Pancho Villa, serving Mexican […]
Mill City Museum examines flour power
A new museum in Minneapolis is all about flour and power, potential and resilience, reputation and ruins. The Mill City Museum, 704 S. Second St., […]
Coming soon: high-speed ferry, light rail
Taking an order for 43 brats was one of the highlights of working at The World’s Largest Brat Fest on Labor Day in Madison (130,869 […]
Mall of America, at age 10, ready to expand
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Ten years after the opening of Mall of America, spokeswoman Monica Davis certainly knows her competition. It’s not your favorite neighborhood shopping […]