Historic Wabasha Street Caves In St. Paul Begins New Chapter
From swing dancing to disco, and gangsters to ghosts, there's a place in St. Paul that's had it all. And now it's beginning a new chapter.
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From swing dancing to disco, and gangsters to ghosts, there's a place in St. Paul that's had it all. And now it's beginning a new chapter.
It's a store that existed well before Minnesota officially became a state. In this week's Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen visits Marine on St. Croix to see one of the oldest general stores in the entire country.
In the early 1900s, it was iron ore that brought people to the Cuyuna Range. Speed ahead 100 years and now it's the trails that have become the destination.
"She, in and of herself, is just a timeless person. Her life and legacy will live on for many more years to come," said Janie Heitz.
Northern Minnesota dealt with its share of wildfires this year. And there was a time when the first defense against wildfires was a fire tower.
Eveleth is also home to the world's largest hockey stick- which is fitting considering how much success they've had on the ice.
How would you like to set sail from Minnesota to Norway -- in a Viking ship? It's been done. And in Moorhead, you can see the ship that did it.
"[Brewing's] definitely a labor of love. A lot of blood, sweat and tears goes into it," Franz Marti said. "I wouldn't have it any other way."
Soon enough the leaves will start changing across the state. And along the Minnesota River Valley, there's a pretty cool way to see the yellows, reds and oranges.
For more than a century, mill ruins in Rice County have stood tall, and for good reason.
Some Minnesota race tracks have gone by the wayside. That includes the State Fair Speedway that ran for nearly a century, before its final race in 2002.
It's a 50-foot drop and it's one of the reasons movies have been filmed here; it looks like a scene from out of something like "The Goonies" or "Indiana Jones."
In this week's Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen shows us why a certain bee colony is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Mini golf courses are notoriously bizarre. But in Minnetrista, the peculiar, little putting greens are neighbors to goats, chickens and even a few man-made animals.
Just off of Highway 61 is a tower with quite a view. From the first step to the top is 115 feet. There's no WiFi, no air conditioning, no cable, but you get by. The site is called the Anderson Center at Tower View. And it's where artists from around the world come and stay for weeks on end.
