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Finding Minnesota

Finding Minnesota: The State’s 1st Legal Whiskey Distillery

Eighty years after the end of prohibition, there’s a company distilling whiskey legally in Minnesota.

2013/01/22

Finding Minnesota: Vintage Snowmobiles

At certain times of the year, you will see groups of hot rods cruising down the boulevard. But a lot of Minnesotans enjoy a different type of vintage vehicle.

2013/01/15

Finding Minnesota: Curling Taking Off In Blaine

It’s a winter sport that’s been around more than 500 years, played by gliding a heavy stone down a sheet of ice.

2013/01/08

Finding Minnesota: Nordic Inn

When you book a hotel room, you expect comfortable surroundings that help you relax. But one innkeeper in north-central Minnesota keeps things a little more on edge.

2013/01/01

Finding Minnesota: The Story Lady’s Dolls

From Raggedy Ann to Barbie, dolls have been popular gifts under Christmas trees for centuries. For one woman in Albert Lea, dolls became part of her passion.

2012/12/25

Finding Minnesota: Freeport Reindeer Ranch Ready For Christmas

In less than a week Santa will be loading his sleigh and visiting the homes of children all around the world.

2012/12/18

Finding Minnesota: Ice Climbing In Sandstone

In the winter, Minnesota skaters can get a smooth sheet of ice by hosing down their outdoor rinks. But in Sandstone, they look at ice more vertically.

2012/12/11

Finding Minnesota: Hibbing High School Is A Work Of Art

Against a picture perfect autumn sky is a building in Hibbing equally as breath taking. It’s a place of learning and where history lessons are embedded in the walls.

2012/12/04

Finding Minnesota: Midwest’s Largest Holiday Lights Display

At this time of year, the skyline of Duluth is much brighter at night. Nearly 4 million lights are glowing nearby in Bayfront Festival Park along Lake Superior.

2012/11/27

Pat Scrimshaw Brings Out Nature’s Beauty With A Chainsaw

With a sharp tug of his chainsaw’s rope, Pat Scrimshaw looks every bit a logger heading to the north woods. But the big white pines he slices up produce looks – not logs.

2012/11/20

Finding Minnesota: Aitkin’s World Famous Fish House Parade

In Minnesota’s cabin country, things get a little slow this time of year. Most vacationers are gone, and it would take something special to lure them back in November.

2012/11/14

Finding Minnesota: Quirky, Scenic Latsch Island

In one of Minnesota’s most scenic areas, you’ll find one of its quirkiest neighborhoods. Not only are many of the homes oddly-shaped, they’re not even on solid ground.

2012/10/23

Finding Minnesota: The Birthplace Of Greyhound Buses

When you take a walk with Gene Nicolelli, you’d think he was a retired bus driver — not a former grocer.

2012/10/16

Finding Minnesota: Creative With Crops

Minnesota is home to a lot of creative people. They’re the ones who come up with innovative, entertaining ideas in the workplace, on stage or even off the beaten path.

2012/10/09

Finding Minnesota: Bringing Bison Back

It seems hard to fathom, but western settlement nearly wiped out the nation’s bison herd — some 30 to 60 million animals. That herd stretched from Minnesota’s grasslands to the Rocky Mountains. But over the years, hard work has brought the bison back.

2012/10/03

Boathouses At Latsch Island

Finding Minnesota checked out some of the floating houses Latsch Island in the middle of the Mississippi River near Winona.

Finding MN: WWII Museum At Granite Falls Airport

Ron Fagen and his family have a passion for all things related to World War II. And because of this passion, aircraft that went on raids over Germany and France now come and go from Granite Falls.

Finding Minnesota: North Shore Waterfalls

Mike Binkley went to some of the most beautiful waterfalls in the state, along the North Shore. Check out a few of the places he visited in our gallery.

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