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Orfield Labs Quiet Chamber

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

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House of Balls

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

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City Salvage

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

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Sidewalk Harp

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

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Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

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Elf Door at Demings Height Park

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

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The Herbivorous Butcher

A butcher shop in Minneapolis that has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind - except that all the products are vegan.

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Spoonbridge and Cherry

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980's.

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Jucy Lucy

This beef patty oozes cheese from within.

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Our Lady of Lourdes French Meat Pie

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Our Lady of Lourdes French Meat Pie

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

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An Olsen Fish Company employee adds fresh water to a bucket of lutefisk.

Scandinavian-Americans Are Breaking Up With Lutefisk

But a new demographic is keeping America's largest lutefisk company afloat.

by Kirstin Fawcett

February 11, 2019

Couples at dance marathon in Washington, DC, in 1924.

The Grim, Depression-Era Origins of Dance Marathons

The common fundraising events known as walkathons started as an exploitative entertainment craze.

by Katie Thornton

February 08, 2019

The mummified monkey in question.

Found: A Mummified Monkey in the Ceiling of a Department Store

Thanks to the sleuths in a Facebook group, we may even know how it got there.

Found: A Prime Suspect in the Case of Minneapolis's Vandalized Tiny Doors

It seems one man has a surprisingly intense hatred of them.

by Sarah Laskow