Finding Minnesota: Charles Hoffman's Handmade Guitars
The sweet, crisp sounds of fingers flying across a fret board lets you know that quality still matters. And there's nothing less inside the Franklin Avenue guitar shop of Charles A. Hoffman.
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The sweet, crisp sounds of fingers flying across a fret board lets you know that quality still matters. And there's nothing less inside the Franklin Avenue guitar shop of Charles A. Hoffman.
For a small town of little more than a thousand people, Spicer can make big things happen in the winter.
Eighty years after the end of prohibition, there's a company distilling whiskey legally in Minnesota.
At certain times of the year, you will see groups of hot rods cruising down the boulevard. But a lot of Minnesotans enjoy a different type of vintage vehicle.
It's a winter sport that's been around more than 500 years, played by gliding a heavy stone down a sheet of ice.
When you book a hotel room, you expect comfortable surroundings that help you relax. But one innkeeper in north-central Minnesota keeps things a little more on edge.
From Raggedy Ann to Barbie, dolls have been popular gifts under Christmas trees for centuries. For one woman in Albert Lea, dolls became part of her passion.
In less than a week Santa will be loading his sleigh and visiting the homes of children all around the world.
In the winter, Minnesota skaters can get a smooth sheet of ice by hosing down their outdoor rinks. But in Sandstone, they look at ice more vertically.
Against a picture perfect autumn sky is a building in Hibbing equally as breath taking. It's a place of learning and where history lessons are embedded in the walls.
At this time of year, the skyline of Duluth is much brighter at night. Nearly 4 million lights are glowing nearby in Bayfront Festival Park along Lake Superior.
With a sharp tug of his chainsaw's rope, Pat Scrimshaw looks every bit a logger heading to the north woods. But the big white pines he slices up produce looks - not logs.
In Minnesota's cabin country, things get a little slow this time of year. Most vacationers are gone, and it would take something special to lure them back in November.
In one of Minnesota's most scenic areas, you'll find one of its quirkiest neighborhoods. Not only are many of the homes oddly-shaped, they're not even on solid ground.
When you take a walk with Gene Nicolelli, you'd think he was a retired bus driver -- not a former grocer.
