Step back in time and explore the golden era of Minnesota department stores
Black Friday is over. And so is Small Business Saturday. And Cyber Monday. And... I think that covers all of them. But whether you stayed at home in your sweats ordering online or actually...
Sign of the times: 21 new words added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in 2018
If you’re still confused on how to properly use words like “dank” and “lit” casually in conversation, well... I can’t help you because every time I make an attempt, my younger 20-something coworkers tease...
Now India (7 Minutes to Sunrise)
The first sounds of the morning are of tuk-tuk and taxi engines as they come to life, their honking horns alongside the footsteps of the city's informal working class taking to the...
Digi-Key breaks ground on expansion project
On Friday September 15th, shovel met ground in a symbolic ceremony of breaking ground for Digi-Key's coming expansion in Thief River Falls. Governor Mark Dayton and Shawntera Hardy, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of...
The North Loop’s T3 building, and why wood is trending in architecture
Designed by Michael Green Architecture and completed in 2016, The 7-story T3 building in Minneapolis' North Loop is currently the largest wooden structure in the country.
But that may not be the case for long.
An 80-story...
Why St. Paul’s push to become a tech hub isn’t so farfetched
Exposed brick lines the walls. Pipes hang high over desks covered in med-tech prototypes, white boards, and dozens of computer monitors and laptops. Coders and software engineers sit hunched in front of their screens,...
Fans of “The Simpsons” meet fans of architecture in new mashup
Created by Matt Groening in 1989, "The Simpsons" is the longest-running scripted primetime TV series in the country, and has become iconic in its parody of working-class America. No piece of American culture is...
The Valentine’s Day facts, traditions, and superstitions you never knew (and may want to...
Valentine’s Day conjures up all sorts of feelings that span the emotional spectrum, ranging from love and gratitude, to annoyance, to heartbreak. Whether you’re one who lives for the chocolates and flowers or one...
Jealous of vacation photos you see on social media? Look again, new study says
In an age where our self-worth is often quantified by the number of followers, likes, shares, etc. we get on our social media platforms, the need to represent ourselves in a certain way has...
Do they drop bombs here? Why Minnesota roads are the way they are
If you have lived in Minnesota for any amount of time, you have eventually come to the realization that there are only really two seasons here: The first season is called survival, aka winter,...
