Destination of the Day: Prohibition Bar

Rising high above the flat Minneapolis terrain, the Foshay Tower is a monument to one man's dreams and the fragile nature of success. The tower opened in August 1929, just weeks before the stock market crash that ushered in the Great Depression. The building was the dream of Wilbur H. Foshay, who soon lost his

By |2016-10-21T15:28:37-05:00April 8th, 2013|Destination of the Day|Comments Off on Destination of the Day: Prohibition Bar
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The Best Riverfronts along the Mississippi

I get around. I’ve visited every Mississippi River town from the Headwaters in northern Minnesota to Cape Girardeau, Missouri. One trend that I see is that, after a century of river towns turning their backs on their river, many are slowly pivoting back to their watery roots. But, a few towns are doing it much

By |2018-01-18T15:24:00-05:00November 8th, 2011|About the Mississippi Valley|Comments Off on The Best Riverfronts along the Mississippi
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