Death is inevitable and an inescapable reality of the human experience, but on the University of Minnesota’s West Bank, the Elmer L. Andersen Library shows that understanding how our ancestors understood death can make us feel less alone. The new…
On Friday, Oct. 23, officials and approximately 10,000 community members gathered at 60th Street and 8th Avenue to co-name the street and officially recognize the history of Brooklyn’s Chinatown. The event featured entertainment, performances, remarks from elected officials and the new street sign unveiling.
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Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s daily roundup of Minnesota news. MinnPost’s daily roundup of Minnesota news delivered in our daily newsletter. After two years of construction, the Kellogg-3rd St. bridge in St. Paul will open to vehicle traffic in mid-November…
News-Tribune, Oct. 24, 1926 U.S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover told an audience of more than 5,000 at a Republican Party rally in the Duluth Armory that a commission will soon report on the most desirable route for the proposed Great Lakes-St. Lawrence deep…
DULUTH — For over 30 years, Duluth’s historic freighter-turned-museum, the William A. Irvin, has transformed into the city's oldest and largest haunted house. Every October, more than 20,000 people board the retired shipping vessel during Halloween for frightening themed tours through the darkened…
News-Tribune, Oct. 23, 1926 Forty bottles of powerful home-brewed beer nearly wrecked the interior of the liquor vault at the Hibbing police station during the night. All but four of the 44 bottles, confiscated from a local home, exploded, leaving beer foam and…
When James and Laureta Gale entered the basement of a run-down 1880s Brooklyn lodging house in 2024, they expected to find damaged walls, dust and old plumbing. Instead, beneath layers of dirt, they...
While you’ll find plenty of Victorian architecture in the Land of 10,000 Lakes (4.5 miles of Summit Avenue in St. Paul contains one of the longest stretches of intact Victorian homes in the U.S.), the old section of Stillwater feels like it’s…
October 7, 2026 / 10:38 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota Anoka, Minnesota, is known as the Halloween capital, but it's also known for an odd, century-old structure near downtown. "We are the Halloween Capital of the world for the last 106 years now," said Brandon Altenweg,…
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