The Hunt for the Perfect Holiday Tree

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Ashlea Halperns sizes up the selections at Wolcyn Tree Farm in Cambridge, Minnesota. Cutting down your own Christmas tree is romantic, epic, and inherently nostalgic—but it's also trickier than (or just as tricky?) as movies make it out to be.
The joys (and perils) of choosing an evergreen, chopping it down, hauling it home, and setting it up—from the POV of a couple MN transplants
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Laurel Lawson, a white woman, is flying in the air with arms spread wide, wheels spinning, and supported by Alice Sheppard. Alice, a light-skinned Black woman, is lifting from the ground below. They are making eye contact and smiling. Photo by Jay Newman/BRITT Festival.

Weekend Best Bets: Dec. 3-6

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This weekend around the Twin Cities: Minnesota Zoo light show, holiday tree exhibit, virtual holiday baking class, and more
All Is Calm performed at Theater Latte Da

Weekend Best Bets: Nov. 27-29

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This weekend: Small Business Saturday, "All Is Calm" on TPT PBS, "The Hip Hop Nutcracker," and more

Best of MN 2020: Things to Do

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Drive-ins, sunflowers, biking, and more things that kept us from totally losing it this year

Weekend Best Bets: Nov. 19-22

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This weekend around the Twin Cities: Winter light shows, Christmas market, wine sampling, and more
OMC Smokehouse

Jason’s Top 5 Dining Outings to See Fall Colors

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The best restaurants that skirt leafy autumn beauty in Minnesota and Wisconsin

Explore St. Croix’s Riverside Towns

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Each of these towns is lovely to visit on its own, but together they make the perfect weekend trip
 

Travel

Best of MN 2020: Things to Do

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Drive-ins, sunflowers, biking, and more things that kept us from totally losing it this year
Ashlea Halperns sizes up the selections at Wolcyn Tree Farm in Cambridge, Minnesota. Cutting down your own Christmas tree is romantic, epic, and inherently nostalgic—but it's also trickier than (or just as tricky?) as movies make it out to be.

The Hunt for the Perfect Holiday Tree

and -
The joys (and perils) of choosing an evergreen, chopping it down, hauling it home, and setting it up—from the POV of a couple MN transplants
Wolcyn Tree Farms

8 Tips to Choose and Cut Your Own Holiday Tree

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We spoke to an expert at Wolcyn Tree Farms about how to find the perfect pine this season
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Best of MN 2020: Readers’ Choice

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You picked ’em—the best burger, bakery, barber, bike trail, and more than 80 other bests throughout the state

What Staying in a Grain Bin Airbnb Is Actually Like

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I spent a weekend getaway in Alexandria’s viral-on-TikTok grain bins

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Recreation

Laurel Lawson, a white woman, is flying in the air with arms spread wide, wheels spinning, and supported by Alice Sheppard. Alice, a light-skinned Black woman, is lifting from the ground below. They are making eye contact and smiling. Photo by Jay Newman/BRITT Festival.

Weekend Best Bets: Dec. 3-6

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This weekend around the Twin Cities: Minnesota Zoo light show, holiday tree exhibit, virtual holiday baking class, and more
All Is Calm performed at Theater Latte Da

Weekend Best Bets: Nov. 27-29

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This weekend: Small Business Saturday, "All Is Calm" on TPT PBS, "The Hip Hop Nutcracker," and more

Best of MN 2020: Things to Do

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Drive-ins, sunflowers, biking, and more things that kept us from totally losing it this year

Weekend Best Bets: Nov. 19-22

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This weekend around the Twin Cities: Winter light shows, Christmas market, wine sampling, and more
"Preis" by Michaela Eichwald, whose first U.S. exhibit is at the Walker Art Center

Weekend Best Bets: Nov. 12-15

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This weekend around the Twin Cities: Utepils beer garden, Craft Bash, new Walker exhibit, and more
Gingerbread Wonderland launches at Norway House

Weekend Best Bets: Nov. 5-8

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This weekend around the Twin Cities: Gingerbread Wonderland, MN Christmas Market, Comedy Corner Underground, and more

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