Fort Snelling

Minneapolis has one of the nicest tree canopies in the country, U.S. Forest Service study says

It's impossible to appreciate this time of year, but if you're sick of winter, here's a comforting thought -- in just a few months, we'll again be enjoying one of America's finest tree canopies!SEE ALSO: North Siders upset about city of Minneapolis's tree-planting tornado commemoration According to ... More >>

Winter Trails Day

Hastings construction worker said he "had bad feeling about the job," gets crushed next day

Sometimes, following your instincts can be a matter of life or death.SEE ALSO: Highway suicide: Why do people keep lying down in Minnesota traffic? On October 21, Jeffery Tukua, a 46-year-old construction worker from Hastings, told his wife he "had a bad feeling" about a pond-dredging job he was to ... More >>

Fourth of July Celebrations

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 >>

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 >>

Independence Day Celebration

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Bored soldiers

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

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.

Mississippi River Challenge: A Night at the Fort

Mississippi River Challenge

Independence Day Celebration

Blaine's Blazin' Fourth Firework Spectacular

Farmers' Fourth of July

Minneapolis Red, White, and Boom

Canterbury Park Fourth of July

Powderhorn Park's Fourth of July Celebration

Independence Day

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

Mn SAT Answers and Winners

Will Non-Discrimination Clause Trip Up DeLaSalle Stadium Efforts?

Citizen Berquist: The Man with the Van

Who's counting?

What's wrong with this picture?

Cruel and Unusual

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

The Dead and The Wounded

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

Stew Thornley's Book of the Dead

A boneyard baedeker reveals
where the bodies are buried

Flurries of Curries

Reliable Malaysian favorite establishes new Hiawatha outpost, with Ethiopian accent

Freaks Like Us

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

Crust Clobbers Snobbery

Quick Fade

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

Splendor in the Grass

Family Favorites Editors' Picks

The Racket Numbers

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

Menace No More

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

The Enemy Has Been Met

Still reeling, ousted Highway 55 protesters plot their next move

My Marvelous Minnesota

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

Knave Gazing

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.

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?

Confronting the Past

From the high-tech present

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?

A Tale Told Over Spaghetti

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

Boom, Boom, You're Dead

Minneapolis Confidential