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Photos: Tall Ships Festival returns to Duluth
Nine majestic sailing ships evoking our nation's nautical past sailed into the Duluth harbor on Thursday, July 25, 2013, during a Grand Parade of Sail signaling the start of the city's five-day Tall Ships Festival. Photographer Paul M. Walsh was aboard one of the ships and sent us this visual report.
Photos: Reviving Minnesota's relics
We just wrapped up a new Ground Level project that portrays the difficulties, the angst, the cost and the lessons learned by people making an effort to refresh their towns by saving local iconic structures. View our favorite photos from the series here, and click through to the related stories using the links below the images.
St. Paul celebrates 30th anniversary of Rondo Days
St. Paul marked the 30th anniversary of the Rondo Days Festival on Saturday, July 20, 2013. The heyday of the Rondo neighborhood was the 1920s through the 1950s. It's remembered as a close-knit, vibrant, primarily African-American community, but much of the neighborhood was bulldozed to make way for Interstate 94. Now, the festival draws thousands of people to St. Paul every year.
Photos: Protesters march for Trayvon Martin, Terrance Franklin
Protest marchers called for justice for Trayvon Martin and Terrance Franklin and demands that the Unites States Department of Justice bring civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, Monday evening, July 15, 2013 in Minneapolis.
Photos: Nick Leddy and the Stanley Cup tour Twin Cities
After winning the NHL championship with the Chicago Blackhawks this year, Nick Leddy received his celebratory day with the Stanley Cup. The Eden Prairie, Minn. native toured the Cup around the Twin Cities, making stops at several places including the Eden Prairie Community Center, where Leddy played hockey as a kid, and the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital on Friday, July 12, 2013.