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61 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Updated August 13, 2024

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8 Places to Get Musical in Minnesota

Two 20th-century musical figures tower over the state of Minnesota: Prince Rogers Nelson and Robert Allen Zimmerman. (That's Prince and Dylan to us mere mortals.) And while the Gopher State definitely celebrates its favorite musical sons, much of the state has a musical bent to it, from a singing beach to a room so devoid of sound is makes a musical madness all its own.

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Beneath downtown Minneapolis, Schieks Cave has surprisingly warm groundwater, evidence of a subterranean heat island.

The Strange Heat Island Lurking Beneath Minneapolis

An urban explorer ventured deep below downtown in search of Schieks Cave. What he found changed science.
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Podcast: Owamni

Visit a restaurant dedicated to decolonizing food and honoring Indigenous meal traditions, with its award-winning chef Sean Sherman.
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Podcast: The Westgate With Rico Gagliano

The inside story of a flop that changed one theater's history.
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A packed Betty Crocker test kitchen in 1935.

The Unsung Women of the Betty Crocker Test Kitchens

For many Crockettes, the job was glamorous, fulfilling, and "almost subversive."
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Podcast: Gold Medal Flour

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
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Podcast: The World’s Quietest Room

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
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Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
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A young Bob Dylan, not long after leaving Minnesota.

For Sale: A Hidden Trove of Correspondence With Bob Dylan

The papers of Tony Glover, "musician's musician" and journalist, include many other luminaries as well.
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