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Sorry about the holiday hiatus, but I’m back now and so is the weird list. Today’s post is all about bright ideas: a building that may be the world’s largest mood ring (thanks for the suggestion DK), and a light fixture so big it affects the temperature around it.
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I’m glad so many of you are enjoying the ongoing Twin Cities Weird List posts. I thought it would be helpful to create a master list of all of the weird things I have written about, complete with links to their respective posts. As I add new oddities [...]
The weirdness continues with today’s post featuring a bridge whose builders ignored the fact that “the shortest distance between two points is a straight line”, and a surprise celebrity cameo. Also check out previous installments of the weird list: part I, part II, part III or check out the ever-growing master list to see all of [...]
Welcome back to another exciting edition of the weirdest and wackiest the Twin Cities has to offer. Today’s post features two more Minneapolis oddities: a misshapen mill and a misnamed park. As always, please comment, especially if you know more about any of these strange places, know of any other odd spots in the Twin [...]
This post will focus on the incredible Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. It was inspired by another great suggestion from Sandra on one of her favorite Twin Cities spots, (Minnehaha Falls was the other). If you like what you see, subscribe to Twin Cities Tour Guide by filling your email in the “Subscribe” box on the right.
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Today I visited the Walker Art Center, located at 1750 Hennepin Ave (map), just southwest of downtown Minneapolis. Unlike the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, whose collection features works of art hundreds to thousands of years old, the Walker Art Center showcase contemporary art. I guess it’s only fitting that [...]
Grab your brushes and palette! Put on your smock and beret! We’re off to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts!
Minneapolis and St. Paul have a vibrant and thriving arts community that celebrates talented local artists as well as nationally and internationally reknowned artists. One of the largest organizations within the Twin Cities arts community is the [...]
The tour continues…
As we reach the western end of the Stone Arch Bridge, we can see, atop the bluff to our left, a ruined building. The eastern and northern walls have almost entirely collapsed. We are looking at the ruins of the Wasburn Crosby A-Mill (later to become General Mills). And it is in those [...]
Hello again, intrepid blog tourers!
Today we stop at what has been dubbed, “The Most Romantic Spot in Minneapolis” - The Stone Arch Bridge. Stretching more than 2,000 feet across the Mississippi river in the heart of downtown Minneapolis (map), the bridge is truly a sight to see. The [...]
The tour begins!
Our first stop is the Segway Magical History Tour of the Riverfront District of Minneapolis. I found this tour to be a very fun and informative way to experience the past, present, and future of the heart of Minneapolis. Before embarking on this tour, my only familiarity with Segways came [...]