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Iconic Northwestern National Life building to become boutique hotel

The iconic Northwestern National Life Building at the corner of Hennepin and Washington in downtown Minneapolis captures my attention every time I pass. When I heard it was being reimagined...
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NOLO’s Kitchen & Bar… in the historic Maytag building in the North Loop

NOLO’s Kitchen & Bar has been in the North Loop since 2017, when they transformed the former Gardner Hardware store in the historic building built for Maytag about 100 years...
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Two magnificent churches designed by French architect Emmanuel Louis Masqueray

Easter Sunday made me think about two magnificent churches designed by French architect Emmanuel Louis Masqueray, one in Minneapolis and one in St. Paul. Both opened in 1915, and both are...
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MIA Exhibit… modern art and politics

From antiquity to the present day, artists have drawn inspiration from the political climate, perhaps nowhere more evident than in Germany about 100 years ago. A current exhibit at the...
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Tullibee… surprise new find for Sunday brunch

We are always on the lookout for a new brunch restaurant, and discovered a new one recently… Tullibee in the Hewing Hotel at 300 N Washington in the Minneapolis North...
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Minneapolis is one of the world’s happiest places… does it have to do with our Nordic roots?

Last year, Minneapolis was the only US city to make the Gold List of the world’s happiest cities according to The Institute for the Quality of LIfe, and it made...
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Giant LOTI No. 2 Pencil… the next “Spoonbridge and Cherry”?

Where but in Minneapolis would about 2,000 people attend the annual sharpening festivities of a giant pencil?! After a giant wind storm blew off the top of a giant 180-year-old...
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The Lowbrow… known for burgers, but don’t miss their Basil Walnut Pesto Pasta

The Lowbrow is a friendly, neighborhood restaurant in the south Minneapolis Kingfield neighborhood committed to bringing scratch-made comfort food to your plate using locally farmed, sustainably grown ingredients. Known primarily...
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