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Tiny Minnesota town's historic jail-turned-B&B lets you sleep behind bars
Preston's Jailhouse Inn offers a "slumbering in the slammer" experience.
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In Alaska, visitors get up close with grizzlies (and salmon)
For fish, bears and visitors in Alaska, timing is everything.
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In Jaffa, Israel, cultures mix, the casbah beckons and modern hotels preserve the past
Modern touches and a reverence for the past lend a certain glow to this Israeli city.
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If you travel to Cuba, bring repellent
The deadly dengue virus has been reported in the island country.
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Chart your own course to a sailing adventure in the British Virgin Islands
Chartering a privately crewed boat there is one of the Caribbean's best-kept secrets.
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Beaten and stabbed by lover, Twin Cities writer turned it into award-winning play
Harrison David Rivers won the $45,000 Relentless Award, named in honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman, for his play about same-sex domestic abuse.
Stage & Arts
A Dance of Healing
Through music and movement, Gabriel Rodreick tells his story of living with a spinal-cord injury.
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Movies
'Mary Queen of Scots' couldn't rule England and won't rule the box office
Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie are bogged down by stodgy film.
Eat & Drink
New pizza restaurant from famed Indian chef opens in Eden Prairie
The country's first tandoor clay-oven pizzeria is the newest addition to the Twin Cities' increasingly global suburban strip mall foodscape.
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Music
Atmosphere drops 'Drown' video to help set up this weekend's Palace shows
The stark clip is emblematic of the darker, mellower tone of the Minneapolis hip-hop vets' new album, "La Vida Local."
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Timelapse: Watch the rink at the Mall of America come to life
The 12,000-square-foot ice skating rink "Skate the Star" is now open at the Mall of America.
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