Music Fests Hit Just the Right Chord
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Summer is a great time to relax and listen to the music-jazz, blues, country classical-whatever gets your toe tappin.’ And if it’s out in the open air, so much the better. With its wide assortment of music festivals, Minnesota makes it easy to get out and groove to the sounds you like best.
Posted on Mar 18 2008 | Tagged as: Feature Articles, Spring/Summer
Harness Park Hits the Starting Gate
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The Running Aces Harness Park, near Forest Lake on the northern edge of the Twin Cities metro area, will open for its first season April 11.
Posted on Mar 18 2008 | Tagged as: Feature Articles, Spring/Summer
Update from Bluff Country: What’s New in the Southeast?
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The southeast bluff country of Minnesota is strikingly picturesque, a landscape of wooded bluffs, limestone cliffs, and streams winding through rural valleys. But it wasn’t really “discovered” by tourists until the Root River Trail was developed in the 1980s and lured thousands of cyclists to its secluded scenic pathway. But if you haven’t been to this corner of the state lately, you might be surprised by all you find there now.
Posted on Mar 17 2008 | Tagged as: Feature Articles, Spring/Summer
Minnesota Celebrates 150 Years of Statehood
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Minnesota became the 32nd state in the Union on May 11, 1858. Throughout 2008, communities and historic sites will celebrate the state’s Sesquicentennial. For more information on events related to the Sesquicentennial, go to www.mn150years.org.
Posted on Mar 17 2008 | Tagged as: Feature Articles, Spring/Summer
Minnesota Zoo To Open New Russia Exhibit
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The Minnesota Zoo will debut a major new, permanent exhibit called Russia’s Grizzly Coast on June 7, 2008. This $23.6 million project re-creates the habitat of the little-known Kamchatka Peninsula, a wilderness area along Russia’s far eastern coast.
Posted on Mar 17 2008 | Tagged as: Feature Articles, Spring/Summer
Wineries Serve Up Wide Variety of Flavors and Fun
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Minnesota, long celebrated for sky blue waters, has uncorked another vibrant liquid. It’s wine, made in Minnesota from Minnesota-grown grapes. Now, with vineyards beginning to speckle the state’s landscape and wineries opening apace (21 now and more to come), you can embark on a Minnesota wine tour.
Posted on Mar 14 2008 | Tagged as: Spring/Summer
Professional Team Sports: Dec. 2008-Mar. 2009
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Posted on Mar 12 2008 | Tagged as: Feature Articles, Winter Articles
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Posted on Feb 13 2008 | Tagged as: Talk
Golfing Out of Season
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Golfing in Minnesota in the summer is popular, but let’s not forget spring and fall. Many visitors to Minnesota believe golf is only available May through August, but any golf course owner would most likely tell you that golf in Minnesota is from when the snow melts to when the snow falls. Of course, spring and fall can sometimes be cold or rainy, but there can be advantages.
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Posted on Jan 18 2008 | Tagged as: Golf
