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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 [...]
When I was a kid, anytime my family went on a trip, we always looked for weird things. When one of us saw something unusual, we would point it out and crown it “Weird Thing number 1″, the next would be “Weird thing number 2″ and so on. So I thought [...]
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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So you want to take a “special someone” to a “special somewhere” in Minneapolis? Well you’ve come to the right place. This post is about great romantic places to take a date in Minneapolis. All of the places on this list are free and GLBT friendly. I will also offer suggestions for ways to [...]
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After dedicating a post to farmers markets in Minneapolis, I wanted to do one for St. Paul as well. As I researched for this post, I came across a very comprehensive and easy to use website about a large number of farmers markets in and around St. Paul and [...]
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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 [...]