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Fort Snelling

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Patricia Woodford stole ring from a corpse during funeral visitation

    Patricia Woodford doesn't like to see a good piece of jewelery go to waste. At least that's what she told police when they busted her for stealing a ring from an acquaintance's corpse this summer. Woodford, a 55-year-old from Eau Claire, Wisc., pleaded guilty to theft from a corpse charges for sw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Minnesota History Center's '9 Nights of Music' canceled tonight, Mill City Live in limbo due to government shutdown

    ​The effects of the government's failure are still rolling out this week, as Governor Mark Dayton and the GOP continue their contentious budget negotiations today and Minnesota enters its fourth day of statewide shutdown. The Minnesota History Center has announced that tonight's "9 Nights of Music ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 29, 2011

    Independence Day Celebration

    ​The effects of the government's failure are still rolling out this week, as Governor Mark Dayton and the GOP continue their contentious budget negotiations today and Minnesota enters its fourth day of statewide shutdown. The Minnesota History Center has announced that tonight's "9 Nights of Music ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    10 Lake Calhoun name changes that don't honor a pro-slavery racist

    John C. Calhoun. Can we find a better name for his namesake lake?​Lake Calhoun is named after John C. Calhoun, once a U.S. senator, vice president of the United States, secretary of war under President James Monroe, and the force behind the construction of Fort Snelling. That's why the lake bears ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Lake Calhoun: The most racist lake in Minnesota?

    John C. Calhoun, happy to lord it over black folk.​The truth about John C. Calhoun's racist past is no secret. The former senator and vice president's bigoted positions and speeches have been a matter of public record since the middle of the 1800s. But John Winters just figured out Calhoun's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Minnesotan history gets spooky at Fort Snelling

    ​Fort Snelling has brought many people together throughout history. This military outpost from the 1800s continues to do so even now, though rather as a popular tourist attraction instead of as an active barrack. It's a great place for families and history buffs to visit on nice summer day, bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    333-year-old tree gets the ax today

    Image from "Minneapolis Park System" by Theodore WirthThe Ancient Oak in 1941​It's had a long, good life, and now it's time for the 333-year-old oak at the Mississippi River gorge to go to tree heaven. Today the City of Minneapolis is taking the top off the tree and giving it to artists, so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    McMahon's Pub announces fundraisers after deadly fire

    Image via ocypete/YouTube​Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the fire on Friday that killed six people and destroyed the building on Lake Street that once housed McMahon's Pub and six upstairs apartments. In the meantime, the pub has announced two fund raising events for f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Bored soldiers

    We'd be miserable too if we were stuck in 1825 and hanging out at Fort Snelling.

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    More I-94, light rail closures this weekend

    Don't get screwed on a nasty detour if you can avoid it ahead of time. Check out the closure list below.

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2009

    Mississippi River Challenge: A Night at the Fort

    Don't get screwed on a nasty detour if you can avoid it ahead of time. Check out the closure list below.

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2009

    Mississippi River Challenge

    Don't get screwed on a nasty detour if you can avoid it ahead of time. Check out the closure list below.

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2009

    Independence Day Celebration

    Don't get screwed on a nasty detour if you can avoid it ahead of time. Check out the closure list below.

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Blaine's Blazin' Fourth Firework Spectacular

    Don't get screwed on a nasty detour if you can avoid it ahead of time. Check out the closure list below.

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Farmers' Fourth of July

    Don't get screwed on a nasty detour if you can avoid it ahead of time. Check out the closure list below.

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Minneapolis Red, White, and Boom

    Don't get screwed on a nasty detour if you can avoid it ahead of time. Check out the closure list below.

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Canterbury Park Fourth of July

    Don't get screwed on a nasty detour if you can avoid it ahead of time. Check out the closure list below.

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Powderhorn Park's Fourth of July Celebration

    Don't get screwed on a nasty detour if you can avoid it ahead of time. Check out the closure list below.

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Independence Day

    Don't get screwed on a nasty detour if you can avoid it ahead of time. Check out the closure list below.

  • Calendar

    September 5, 2007

    Was Dred Scott Decided Correctly? Rethinking slavery, the constitution and the coming of the Civil War

    Don't get screwed on a nasty detour if you can avoid it ahead of time. Check out the closure list below.

  • News

    December 13, 2006

    Mn SAT Answers and Winners

    Don't get screwed on a nasty detour if you can avoid it ahead of time. Check out the closure list below.

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2005

    Will Non-Discrimination Clause Trip Up DeLaSalle Stadium Efforts?

    Don't get screwed on a nasty detour if you can avoid it ahead of time. Check out the closure list below.

  • Columns

    August 31, 2005

    Citizen Berquist: The Man with the Van

    Who's counting?

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2005

    What's wrong with this picture?

    Who's counting?

  • News

    December 8, 2004

    Cruel and Unusual

    You think winter in Minnesota sucks? Friend, you don't know anything about winter in Minnesota.

  • News

    December 1, 2004

    The Dead and The Wounded

    Last spring three soldiers from northern Minnesota's Carlton County died in Iraq in one month's time

  • News

    November 17, 2004

    Stew Thornley's Book of the Dead

    A boneyard baedeker reveals
    where the bodies are buried

  • News

    May 21, 2003

    Shot to Hell

    Duy Ngo, The Minneapolis police officer wounded by one of his own colleagues in a February drug stakeout, speaks out for the first time

  • Restaurants

    January 29, 2003

    Flurries of Curries

    Reliable Malaysian favorite establishes new Hiawatha outpost, with Ethiopian accent

  • News

    August 7, 2002

    Freaks Like Us

    Buxom firestarters and dog-faced men: Frontier theater on the fringe

  • Restaurants

    October 24, 2001

    Crust Clobbers Snobbery

    Buxom firestarters and dog-faced men: Frontier theater on the fringe

  • Books

    August 8, 2001

    Quick Fade

    A charter school that opened with big promises last fall quietly goes belly-up

  • Restaurants

    July 14, 1999

    Splendor in the Grass

    A charter school that opened with big promises last fall quietly goes belly-up

  • Feature

    July 1, 1999

    Family Favorites Editors' Picks

    A charter school that opened with big promises last fall quietly goes belly-up

  • News

    June 16, 1999

    The Racket Numbers

    With tennis's popularity in a decadelong slump, the country-club set pins its hopes on the city

  • Books

    April 28, 1999

    Menace No More

    After five years of doing battle with city bureaucrats, Dennis Williams finally wins one

  • Books

    December 23, 1998

    The Enemy Has Been Met

    Still reeling, ousted Highway 55 protesters plot their next move

  • Feature

    November 1, 1998

    My Marvelous Minnesota

    The home of Fort Snelling, loons, timber wolves, and the U of M

  • Feature

    September 9, 1998

    CHARLES M. SCHULZ

    Peanuts and the monstrous, infantile reductions of neurosis

  • Restaurants

    September 2, 1998

    Knave Gazing

    Peanuts and the monstrous, infantile reductions of neurosis

  • News

    August 5, 1998

    The Last Block Party

    Pig's Eye Parrant bootlegged here 150 years ago. Then came the robber barons, the great wars, the spaghetti junctions, and the exodus to the suburbs. Its glory days gone, St. Paul's Brewery District tries upscaling--and evicting renters who don't belong.

  • News

    June 10, 1998

    We'll Always Have White Bear Lake

    Who needs Paris when there's haunted mini-golf, moonlight bowling, and a wild, wild river right in your back yard?

  • Feature

    May 1, 1998

    Confronting the Past

    From the high-tech present

  • News

    January 7, 1998

    Sold Down The River

    Minneapolis's brave new riverfront will have parks, museums, and upscale condos. Who said subsidized housing was just for the poor?

  • Restaurants

    November 19, 1997

    A Tale Told Over Spaghetti

    Minneapolis's brave new riverfront will have parks, museums, and upscale condos. Who said subsidized housing was just for the poor?

  • News

    September 24, 1997

    Rule of the Bone

    After a century of hoarding American Indian remains, scientists are being forced to return their specimens. But the bodies may not go back into the ground without a fight.

  • News

    June 11, 1997

    Lost City

    Minneapolis's riverside milling district is about to become a condo tract and history park. But there are plenty of stories the commemorative plaques won't tell

  • Books

    March 26, 1997

    Boom, Boom, You're Dead

    Minneapolis's riverside milling district is about to become a condo tract and history park. But there are plenty of stories the commemorative plaques won't tell

  • News

    February 21, 1996

    If These Walls Could Talk

    The history of an entire city echoes through the empty rooms at 3044 Third Avenue South.

  • News

    October 11, 1995

    Minneapolis Confidential

    The history of an entire city echoes through the empty rooms at 3044 Third Avenue South.

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