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Big Stone Mini Golf and Sculpture Park… it just keeps growing

When kinetic sculptor Bruce Stillman bought an old 16-acre dairy farm in Minnetrista in 1991 he was a successful artist, making and selling about a sculpture a week which ended up around...
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Forest bathing… in Silverwood Park

Silverwood Park in Saint Anthony village, a part of the Three Rivers Park District, has long been a favorite destination of ours. It is “a unique natural destination devoted to...
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Art Fair season is here… three good ones this weekend

We are lucky to have art fairs throughout the summer season, but the three this weekend are some of my favorites. Art in the Hollow – in St. Paul with...
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Harbor View Cafe… a restaurant worth the beautiful drive

When Paul and Carol Hinderlie created the Harbor View Café in 1980, they transformed Bill and Ruth’s local tavern into what is known today as a “gem” of the Mississippi...
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Peppermint Twist… voted Minnesota’s Best Drive-In

I first learned about Peppermint Twist drive-in when I did a post about local drive-in restaurants 15 years ago, on July 12, 2010. Many of them are no longer in...
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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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Art-A-Whirl, the largest open studio event in the country, is this weekend… plus a list of over 20 more Twin Cities Art Fairs this season

Minnesota is known for its thriving arts community, and nowhere is it more in evidence than in our numerous summer art fairs. They seem to start earlier every year, with...
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Vibrant Traditions… Scandinavian weaving on display at Norway House

A giant warp-weighted loom sits on display in the middle of the Mondale gallery at Norway House where 48 pieces of modern weaving are on display. I am in awe...
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