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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 St. Paul 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 St. Paul Foundation, these stories encourage public discourse through regional forums and digital outreach, and aim to enhance public media programming in Minnesota.
First Congressional District: Top National Target
It's an open seat in a swing district. Voters here backed Presidents Bush, Obama and Trump. It's fiercely independent and hard to predict. Minnesota's...
Rural Reporter Retires: A Farewell to Don Davis
It's not every day that a proclamation from the governor arrives at your doorstep, but September 6, 2018 is officially Don Davis Day in...
Disappearing Birthing Centers in Rural Minnesota
Clare Shirley, 30, and her husband Dan, are just days away from giving birth to their second child. But they're hoping for a less...
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
In just a few years, high school competitive fishing has caught on in parts of the state. In Brainerd, the team using the school's...
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...
