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Summit Avenue house from Glensheen Mansion architect is listed at $1.25M

The 8,200-square-foot St. Paul property has been a single residence, shared living space and event center in its nearly 150-year history.
December 26, 2025

No TV, cable or WiFi — by choice — at this northern Minnesota cabin

The A-frame shape of a tent inspired this Home of the Month winner in the woods of Ely, Minn.
December 19, 2025

Minnesota’s magical, maximalist Christmas-shopping tradition

Fifty trees and thousands of handmade ornaments make for one very merry St. Paul shop.
December 16, 2025

Former NFLer’s converted firehouse across from Minnesota State Fair lists at $1.27M

Billy Turner, a Mounds View grad, bought and renovated the 1922-built St. Paul firehouse to be his Minnesota home base during his NFL career.
December 12, 2025

What Pantone’s 2026 choice for Color of the Year says about the year ahead

Cloud Dancer aims to give a feeling of peace.
December 5, 2025
Woman in white on white background with sky background inset with clouds.

For $2.25M, a concrete compound in Farmington ‘ideal for doomsday preppers’

A former Cold War-era missile launch site is among three Minnesota listings with their own “safe rooms.”
December 5, 2025

Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year is ‘Cloud Dancer’

A shade of white will be the defining color of the next year. Get those stain-removing pens ready.
December 5, 2025

How and where to spot owls in the metro area? Listen up.

Plus homely cardinals, missing goldfinches and a life-and-death battle between a hawk and a snake.
December 4, 2025
A barred owl on a tree branch in daylight.

11 easy ways to reduce dust in your home

Your cleaning routine matters, but so does your skin care routine.
December 3, 2025
Plants in the home of Brendan and Alexi Coffey in Redding, Conn., on Dec. 7, 2020.

The case for carpet

Wall-to-wall carpeting has gone upscale.
December 3, 2025
Kelley Proxmire had carpet cut specifically to fit the space in her own dining room, making it look larger. Proxmire uses lots of green plants in her work, and is adamant that they look healthy. Illustrates DESIGN-STAGE (category l), by Jura Koncius, (c) 2014, The Washington Post. Moved Thursday, August 28, 2014. (MUST CREDIT: Kevin Allen.)

How to deal with mold and mildew in the bathroom

Moisture may encourage mold to grow, but there are ways to prevent that from happening.
December 3, 2025

22-acre resort on northern Minnesota’s Potato Lake lists for $4.9M

Northern Pine Lodge on Potato Lake in Park Rapids has welcomed guests to its 1,800 feet of shoreline since 1914.
November 28, 2025
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