Streets for Drag Racing in Brainerd
Recalling a 1932 Ford with a 1952 V-8 engine, a no-nonsense officer named Saign and the lure of forbidden small-town drag races.
Category: Greater Minnesota
Reader Survey: What Would You Pay for Minneapolis-Duluth Rail Service?
On March 27, we posted about the numbers surrounding the proposed $600 million investment to bring Amtrak rail service along a corridor between Minneapolis and Duluth. Many of you shared your stories of rail and bus travel, and many expressed a deep appreciation for the comfort and conveniences of travel by rail. In an effort […]
Could the Commuter Rail from Minneapolis to Duluth be a Flop?
The demand for “light service” between the Twin Cities and Duluth is clearly there. But will a three-hour, $30 train ride draw enough riders?
A Car-Free, Car-Less, and Car-Lite Guide To Surviving Bemidji
I thought I needed to have a car for my assignment. In August, I was offered a position that had me relocate to Bemidji. In Northern Minnesota. 200 miles away from the only home that I’ve known outside of San Francisco, away from the friends that I’ve made. I thought I was going away too […]
Walking Crookston
8am. I just finished walking an hour and a half from the Grand Forks Amtrak station. It’s a Saturday morning at the end of September in 2017, and the night before, I spent 6 hours on the Empire Builder traveling from the Twin Cities. After crossing the bridge to briefly visit East Grand Forks, and […]
Why Give Money to streets.mn?
Hello streets.mn readers. By now I am sure you are aware we are holding our annual streets.mn Winter Fundraiser on Wednesday, December 19th (purchase tickets here). While streets.mn is fortunate to count many among you as supporters, it is entirely possible some of you are asking “Why should I give money to streets.mn?” Let me […]
Along Old Highway 61 to Duluth: A Phototour, Part One
Sometimes the fun is the journey, not the destination, and thus my series of phototours of scenic, notable, or historic highways and the sights found on or nearby. After a few much shorter ones for my former North Star Highways site, I did a full one on US 14 across southern Minnesota. Next up is […]
Map Monday: Visualizing Twin Cities Sprawl, Density, and Change
Like many of the maps I find I came across a webpage via Twitter, hat tip to @stateofthecity. The webpage takes data from the Global Human Settlement Layer and runs it onto Google Maps. This is the result, Human Terrain by Matt Daniels (@matthew_daniels). I immediately panned to tool over to Minnesota and geeked out. Something I […]
My Annual Minnesota State Fair Experience
Tradition is a hallmark of the Great Minnesota Get-Together. For a Greater Minnesota transplant, it’s now more wine samples than Machinery Hill.
How Accessible are Minnesota State Parks for Non-motorists?
After living in Minnesota for four years, I decided last year to focus on getting away from the metro area and exploring greater Minnesota. I also decided to take up camping for the first time since childhood in 2017. As someone who is car-free, accomplishing these goals required some creativity on my part. I purchased […]