Exploring the Wonders of Minnesota
It turns out there are Swedish centers of culture other than IKEA stores and ABBA reunion tours. Scandinavian culture has been an important theme for us recently, with us writing about our Norwegian feast at the St. Olaf Christmas Festival and our Finnish food with friends in St. Paul. Before Minnesota, I knew very little …
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This is Halloween, this is Halloween. Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween Town is real … and it is in suburban Minneapolis. Anoka, a community near Coon Rapids north of the city, calls itself the Halloween Capital of the World. For one month of the year, the town is transformed. Over those 31 days, there are …
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It is strange and exciting to show off where you live to visitors when you are living in a new area because, after all, you are still basically a visitor yourself. We know that this will soon be true of us as we move later this summer, but for now we finally feel at home …
One of the goals of our Adventures in Gopherland was see as much natural wonder in Minnesota as possible, particularly visiting National and State Park sites. Much of the year in Minnesota, however, is unfavorable for such excursions due to the climate. Before the summer turned to autumn last year, then, we attempted to visit …
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This weekend the world has opened up enough where we live for us to go paddling for the first time this calendar year. As we prepare for this, my mind wanders back to last summer and our first times paddling the waters of Minnesota. Our very first trip was with Katie’s parents (see this post), …
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On our Minnesota professional sports bucket list we started with a Twins game, then followed it up with a Minnesota Vikings game in October. To make it even cooler, it was the prime time Thursday night game! My first in person NFL game was in Denver last year, and Peter has been to games in …
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Adventures in Gopherland