Museums & Churches

Sherlock Holmes: The Collection and The Exhibit

The Minnesota History Center is currently featuring an exhibit they created about Sherlock Holmes and the beginnings of forensic science running through April 2, 2023. But the first question to...
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Lakewood Cemetery Memorial Chapel… a gem of Byzantine mosaic art and architecture

When a couple different people told me they saw me listed as a source for an article in the fall issue of Minnesota History magazine I decided maybe it was...
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My three favorite things at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden has long been one of my favorite places, and as with any place I have my favorite things within the garden. The garden was just being...
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Franconia… free 50-acre art park turns 25

We first discovered Franconia Sculpture Park in 2008 when it was already 12 years old. Since that time it has grown from 16 acres to 50, and at 25 years...
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Mid-Century-Modern Church Masterpiece

Happy Easter 2020! I thought it would be fun to post a series of mid-century-modern churches for Easter this year. But wait… we are under a stay-at-home order. So… that...
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Four Churches on One City Block… a Guinness World Record only in NE Minneapolis

Nestled in the residential bowels of Northeast Minneapolis on a sleepy little park side block, four churches stand. Minneapolis Northeast is well known for many things. Its breweries, churches and...
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Basilica of St. Mary and Cathedral of St. Paul… the French connection

The tragic fire at Notre Dame de Paris made me think about our two magnificent churches designed by French architect Emmanuel Louis Masqueray, one in Minneapolis and one in St. Paul....
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The New Bell Museum of Natural History… featuring a new planetarium!

It’s hard to miss the distinctive new cantilevered building at the corner of Larpenteur and Cleveland in St. Paul. It may be easier to miss that this is the University...
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