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Home & Garden
September 6, 2019
Frank Fitzgerald, left, and John Evans, recently put an addition on their 1909-built Minneapolis home.

Vintage Minneapolis house adds new spaces with Old World character

A century-old Minneapolis house lives larger with a new kitchen, pantry, bath and porch that look like they've always been there.
Home & Garden
September 6, 2019
An exterior excavation and membrane is one of the most effective basement waterproofing methods, but also among the most expensive. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Wet basement? Here's how to waterproof

Home & Garden
September 6, 2019
Modern farmhouse offers room to grow

Home plan: Modern farmhouse offers room to grow

Home & Garden
September 6, 2019

Renting and the law: Landlord ignores rodent problem

Home & Garden
September 6, 2019
The original St. Croix elm tree near Afton. It's one of the newer varieties that are resistant to Dutch elm disease. Others include Princeton, New Har

Best-bet trees for a changing Minnesota

A parade of pests and unpredictable weather are taking a toll on many popular species.
Home & Garden
September 6, 2019

A mega book about mega animals

Dinosaur facts and figures, illustrated. An amazing book.
Home & Garden
September 6, 2019

Seabirding -- an addition and a loss

New field guide published, a wonderful guide retires
Home & Garden
September 3, 2019
Before and after: A disjointed furniture arrangement is made cohesive and unified through proper furniture placement and the addition of artwork and a

Getting ready to sell your house? Learn the top 10 secrets of a home stager

These 10 tips will help your home put its best foot forward when going on the market.
Home & Garden
September 3, 2019
The builder recreated original architectural details in this complete renovation of a Mediterranean-style home in Edina's historic Country Club neighb

In highly coveted neighborhood, $2.49M Edina home gets extreme makeover

A whole-house renovation merges old character with modern essentials.
Duluth
September 3, 2019
Juvenile broad-winged hawks, like this migrant, could be soaring above Hawk Ridge in Duluth as you read. photo by Jim Williams

Duluth's Hawk Ridge offers front-row seat for fall bird migration

In line by order of departure, shorebirds are first, looking for June flights. Then, swallows, booking for July, followed as the weeks advance by flycatchers, vireos, thrushes, warblers, sparrows and blackbirds.
Home & Garden
September 3, 2019
This secretary bookcase is a 20th century reproduction. (Handout/TNS)

Mahogany label a clue to determining bookcase's age

Home & Garden
September 3, 2019

Split-bus electric panels

Split-bus electrical panels are different from other electrical panels because they don't have a single circuit breaker to shut off all of the power.
Home & Garden
August 31, 2019
The charcoal-hued chimney and stone wall make a dramatic statement in the front entry of a new Wayzata home was designed by Peterssen/Keller Architect

One-of-a-kind minimalist home in Wayzata melds modern with tradition

Modern melds with tradition in a one-of-a-kind minimalist home.
Home & Garden
August 30, 2019
Shakopee Built in 2010, this four-bedroom, three-bath house has 2,861 square feet and features three bedrooms on one level, vaulted ceilings, hardwood

Home listings: What $414,900 buys in the Twin Cities area

Home & Garden
August 30, 2019
The lush living wall behind the bar at Colita in Minneapolis is popular with customers, especially during the colder months.

Living walls bring the garden indoors

Fall doesn't have to cue the end of lush, growing greenery.
Home & Garden
August 30, 2019
Home plan: Fresh farmhouse is rich in details.

Home plan: Fresh four-bedroom farmhouse

Home & Garden
August 29, 2019

Explaining value of rainforests

New book gives insight into fires in Brazil
Home & Garden
August 29, 2019

A look at "Unnatural Selection"

Another revealing book by Katrina van Grouw
Home & Garden
August 27, 2019

Bird cams all over the place

Web site has addresses
Home & Garden
August 27, 2019
A nesting pair of Bluebirds bringfood for their hatchlings in one of the nesting boxes monitored by Keith Radel in Faribault, Minn. The male is at rig

Where birds get their names

The names that we call birds are common and complex.
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