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One Greater Minnesota is a multi-year reporting initiative. It's brought to you by TPT’s long-running public affairs weekly program, Almanac. Its purpose is to connect Minnesotans through multi-platform stories from across the state. We want to examine how we’re changing and how much we share from region to region. Funded by The Otto Bremer Trust, with additional funding from The Blandin Foundation and The Minneapolis Foundation, these stories encourage public discourse through regional forums and digital outreach, and aim to enhance public media programming in Minnesota.
One Greater Minnesota is a multi-year reporting initiative. It's brought to you by TPT’s long-running public affairs weekly program, Almanac. Its purpose is to connect Minnesotans through multi-platform stories from across the state. We want to examine how we’re changing and how much we share from region to region. Funded by The Otto Bremer Trust, with additional funding from The Blandin Foundation and The Minneapolis Foundation, these stories encourage public discourse through regional forums and digital outreach, and aim to enhance public media programming in Minnesota.
The Historic Beauty Of Naniboujou Lodge In Northern Minnesota
Naniboujou Lodge near Grand Marais, Minnesota was built in 1928 as a retreat for the ultra-rich, but never quite got off the ground. That...
We Love Our Superfans
Every now and then a lucky group of "superfans" gets to watch an Almanac taping in-person. And when they do, we give them prizes......
High School Fishing Seeks Recognition
Story published: August 14, 2018
In just a few years, high school competitive fishing has caught on in parts of the state. In Brainerd, the...
Minnesota’s First Kirkbride Asylum in St. Peter
Once called the "Asylum for the Dangerously Insane." It was the first institution of its kind in the state. Authorized by the Legislature in...
Demolition & Development Plans at Fergus Falls State Hospital
Photographer: Scott Trotman & Video Editor: Jerry Lakso
We take you inside buildings that could soon disappear. Demolition is already underway at the abandoned former...
Inside Historic Huge Fergus Falls State Hospital
Imposing. Important. Complex. The former state hospital in Fergus Falls is enormous. It is 700,000 square feet. It runs one-third of a mile long....
Mom and Pop Resorts in Minnesota are Disappearing
Minnesota’s lakes have been a summer destination since the age of the steamboat. The earliest known vacation visitors came upriver in the 1830s from...
Electrolux Plant Closing in St. Cloud
Kaomi Goetz reported on the St. Cloud plant closing that will result in 900 job losses.
This story was published June 1, 2018.
Housing Crunch in Greater Minnesota
Kaomi Goetz went to Winona to learn about how housing is tight everywhere in our state.
This story was published May 11, 2018.
Minnesota’s Experimental City
Minnesota’s Experimental City was born out of an idea in the late 1960s that one could solve all the problems of 20th century...
