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Minnesota’s best tourist traps and roadside attractions

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Tolkkinen: Fergus Falls priest who studied with Pope Leo says he has good hearing ‘to hear everyone’

Politics

4 things to watch as Minnesota Legislature races to pass budget before deadline

Politics

4 things to watch as Minnesota Legislature races to pass budget before deadline

A short special session may be necessary, lawmakers have acknowledged.

Twin Cities Suburbs

As Twin Cities suburbs grow around it, a tiny city fights to stay the same. It’s getting harder.

Culture

Homegrown punk-rock legend gets honorary doctorate and tells Macalester graduates: ‘Go to the chorus’

Minneapolis

Fans crowd Minneapolis bowling alley for All-American Rejects pop-up shows

Minneapolis

Walz calls Trump a ‘tyrant’ who is trampling Americans’ rights and violating the rule of law

News & Politics

Brooks: Will American tourists abroad be welcome, or at least tolerated? I found out.

Jennifer Brooks

Greater Minnesota

Tolkkinen: Fergus Falls priest who studied with Pope Leo says he has good hearing ‘to hear everyone’

Karen Tolkkinen

Greater Minnesota

Tolkkinen: Fergus Falls priest who studied with Pope Leo says he has good hearing ‘to hear everyone’

Karen Tolkkinen

Travel

Delta is rebranding Basic Economy and all of its fare classes. What does it all mean?

Travel

Delta is rebranding Basic Economy and all of its fare classes. What does it all mean?

Home Gazing

Contemporary Minneapolis home designed for energy efficiency listed at $2.1M

Home Gazing

Contemporary Minneapolis home designed for energy efficiency listed at $2.1M

Gophers

Analysis: Medved’s Gophers roster has undergone quite a makeover

Marcus Fuller

Gophers

Analysis: Medved’s Gophers roster has undergone quite a makeover

Marcus Fuller

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INTRODUCING 'WORTH IT'

Each Friday, our cast of locals who know Minnesota inside and out share the places worth a look, stories worth attention and events worth your time and money.

Greater Minnesota

Mankato

Flooding at Rapidan Dam changed a river, lives and recreational area

Mankato

Flooding at Rapidan Dam changed a river, lives and recreational area

Raging waters scoured 87 Olympic swimming pools’ worth of earth into the Blue Earth River.

Duluth

‘Ready, set, go’ for residents as crews battle fires in northeastern Minnesota

Duluth

‘Ready, set, go’ for residents as crews battle fires in northeastern Minnesota

Greater Minnesota

Tolkkinen: Fergus Falls priest who studied with Pope Leo says he has good hearing ‘to hear everyone’

Karen Tolkkinen

Greater Minnesota

Tolkkinen: Fergus Falls priest who studied with Pope Leo says he has good hearing ‘to hear everyone’

Karen Tolkkinen

Mankato

Flooding at Rapidan Dam changed a river, lives and recreational area

Mankato

Flooding at Rapidan Dam changed a river, lives and recreational area

Raging waters scoured 87 Olympic swimming pools’ worth of earth into the Blue Earth River.

Duluth

Surrounded by a charred landscape, a small cabin sits unscathed

Politics

Minnesota legislators consider $77 million cut to planned Duluth train

Rochester

Amazon to build new distribution center south of Rochester

Greater Minnesota

Charges: Minnesota teacher sent nude photos to boys at high school; resource officer covered for her

Opinion

Columnists

Brown: Minnesota wildfires remind that danger smolders in these North Woods

Aaron Brown

Columnists

Brown: Minnesota wildfires remind that danger smolders in these North Woods

Aaron Brown

Fires don’t care about anyone’s political beliefs or skepticism.

Commentaries

Opinion: Dodge County crash that resulted in the deaths of 43 pigs wasn’t just an accident

Commentaries

Opinion: Dodge County crash that resulted in the deaths of 43 pigs wasn’t just an accident

Readers Write

Readers Write: Support for police, Hennepin County race policy, librarian of Congress

Commentaries

Opinion: Is sustainable aviation fuel plan an example of public-private-nonprofit greenwashing?

Columnists

Brown: Minnesota wildfires remind that danger smolders in these North Woods

Aaron Brown

Columnists

Brown: Minnesota wildfires remind that danger smolders in these North Woods

Aaron Brown

Fires don’t care about anyone’s political beliefs or skepticism.

Readers Write

Readers Write: Support for police, Hennepin County race policy, librarian of Congress

Commentaries

Opinion: Is sustainable aviation fuel plan an example of public-private-nonprofit greenwashing?

Strib Voices

Weather

Douglas: Quiet Sunday, with heavy rains by Tuesday

Paul DouglasColumnist

Twin Cities

Roper: I will be obsessively curious and occasionally crusading about Twin Cities issues

Eric RoperColumnist

Gophers

Analysis: Medved’s Gophers roster has undergone quite a makeover

Marcus FullerReporter

Sports

Aurora

Minnesota Aurora still wants to go pro, but has the NWSL priced them out?

The cost of owning an NWSL expansion team has skyrocketed, as shown by Denver’s successful bid last year.

High Schools

Watch today: Two of Minnesota's top prep baseball prospects go head-to-head

Gophers

Analysis: Medved’s Gophers roster has undergone quite a makeover

Marcus Fuller

High Schools

Video on demand: Minnesota's top prep baseball prospect and his team face Class 2A foe

Food & Culture

Culture

Homegrown punk-rock legend gets honorary doctorate and tells Macalester graduates: ‘Go to the chorus’

Culture

Homegrown punk-rock legend gets honorary doctorate and tells Macalester graduates: ‘Go to the chorus’

Bob Mould gave Saturday’s commencement speech at the St. Paul college, 43 years after dropping out of Mac to tour with Hüsker Dü.

Midwest Travel

Minnesota’s best tourist traps and roadside attractions

Midwest Travel

Minnesota’s best tourist traps and roadside attractions

Culture

7 surprising gems to seek in Doors Open Minneapolis

Culture

7 surprising gems to seek in Doors Open Minneapolis

Culture

Homegrown punk-rock legend gets honorary doctorate and tells Macalester graduates: ‘Go to the chorus’

Culture

Homegrown punk-rock legend gets honorary doctorate and tells Macalester graduates: ‘Go to the chorus’

Bob Mould gave Saturday’s commencement speech at the St. Paul college, 43 years after dropping out of Mac to tour with Hüsker Dü.

News & Politics

Nation

Severe weather leaves at least 23 dead, including 14 in storm-battered Kentucky

Storm systems sweeping across parts of the U.S. Midwest and South have left at least 23 people dead, many of them in Kentucky, where what appeared to be a devastating tornado pulverized homes and flipped over a car on an interstate.

Minneapolis

Walz calls Trump a ‘tyrant’ who is trampling Americans’ rights and violating the rule of law

Minneapolis

Fans crowd Minneapolis bowling alley for All-American Rejects pop-up shows

Minneapolis

As Minneapolis school district looks for cuts, homeless students and their families fear impact

Things To Do

Games & Comics

Super Quiz

Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer.

Daily Games

Explore Popular Picks: Dive into Exciting Games Now!

Arlo and Janis

Daily comic from Jimmy Johnson

Baby Blues

Daily comic from Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

Featured Videos

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Horse retires from the last mounted police unit in Minnesota

An Elk River woman reunites with Teak, the horse she donated 17 years ago to the Minneapolis police.

Horse retires from the last mounted police unit in Minnesota

Minnesota will close Stillwater prison

President Trump signs economic deals with Qatar

Wildfires north of Duluth continue to grow

Business

Health Care

Could North Memorial close? Hospital issues a warning, a glimpse of what’s at stake.

Health Care

Could North Memorial close? Hospital issues a warning, a glimpse of what’s at stake.

CEO claims Robbinsdale trauma center is “uniquely” vulnerable unless state pursues directed-payment scheme to max out federal support.

Economy

Minnesota pensions embraced investing in private equity, a big risk that’s paid off

Economy

Minnesota pensions embraced investing in private equity, a big risk that’s paid off

Business

Ramstad: Donaldson is protected from tariff chaos after expanding globally the right way

Evan Ramstad

Business

Ramstad: Donaldson is protected from tariff chaos after expanding globally the right way

Evan Ramstad

Health Care

Could North Memorial close? Hospital issues a warning, a glimpse of what’s at stake.

Health Care

Could North Memorial close? Hospital issues a warning, a glimpse of what’s at stake.

CEO claims Robbinsdale trauma center is “uniquely” vulnerable unless state pursues directed-payment scheme to max out federal support.

Outdoors

Outdoor Activities

Canoe, kayak and paddleboard: Your ultimate guide to paddling in the Twin Cities

We paddled 11 river, lake and creek routes in the Twin Cities metro. Here’s how to get on the water, whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned paddler.

Outdoor Activities

A mushroom hunting novice hunts for Minnesota’s elusive morel

Outdoors

Anderson: The Chainsaw Sisters Saloon is gone, but the Echo Trail is still a pathway to possibilities

Dennis Anderson

Environment

When Ethel the 300-pound bear started limping, her keepers knew where to call

Elections

Who’s running for Minneapolis mayor and City Council in 2025 elections?

Minneapolis City Council member will stay in race after failing to win DFL endorsement

Orono elects Schwingler to City Council

Curious Minnesota

Are those really LBJ’s footprints in concrete at Minnehaha Falls?

What’s the story behind Minneapolis’ Boom Island Lighthouse?

Why doesn’t Minneapolis’ Tangletown follow the grid?

Culture

Homegrown punk-rock legend gets honorary doctorate and tells Macalester graduates: ‘Go to the chorus’

A young boy stopped playing briefly to have his photo taken in front of the fountains at Peavey Plaza as they flowed over the reflecting pool Thursday. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com Peavey Plaza's fountains are flowing again following after a $10 million restoration photographed Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 in Minneapolis.

7 surprising gems to seek in Doors Open Minneapolis

Amy Irving’s home in a rebuilt barn is a slice of Santa Fe in New York

Travel

Minnesota’s best tourist traps and roadside attractions

Brooks: Will American tourists abroad be welcome, or at least tolerated? I found out.

Delta is rebranding Basic Economy and all of its fare classes. What does it all mean?

Health Care

Could North Memorial close? Hospital issues a warning, a glimpse of what’s at stake.

FDA OKs first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease

UCare laying off 80 workers, trimming open positions amid mounting financial challenges

Outdoor Activities

Canoe, kayak and paddleboard: Your ultimate guide to paddling in the Twin Cities

A mushroom hunting novice hunts for Minnesota’s elusive morel

As one hummingbird approaches a red hummingbird feeder, another flies away.