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January is your last chance to see Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit, a stunning exhibit of historic Alaskan Yup’ik masks and Matisse drawings influenced by them, at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Read More …
Celebrating Christmas in Arizona? Each year the Chandler tumbleweed Christmas tree adds a bit of desert style to holiday celebrations in the Phoenix area.
The Dennos Museum in Traverse City Michigan is hosting Homage: Inspired by Outstanding Canadian Women featuring art necklaces by Canadian jeweler Donald Stuart. Homage: Inspired by Outstanding Canadian Women Most Americans probably struggle to name Read More …
While it might surprise visitors, Phoenix, Arizona, is filled with art. In a region with so many galleries, art fairs, studios, and museums, it can be hard to know where to look! To help you Read More …
To visit Great River Bluffs State Park near Winona, Minnesota, is to enter a world where rugged bluffs are covered with a mix of woodlands and rare goat prairies and easy hiking trails lead to Read More …
Just south of Minneapolis, a serene Japanese garden is nearly hidden alongside Normandale Community College. Here, students and the public can find an oasis of calm in the Normandale Japanese Garden.
Minnesota’s Lost Forty gives visitors a rare opportunity to explore the northern Minnesota pine forest as it existed before loggers sent 98% of it to sawmills. A precious bit of old-growth pine forest in Minnesota Read More …
Roadtrip America Arizona and New Mexico: 25 Scenic Side Trips by Rick Quinn doesn’t just take road trippers on a few pleasant scenic drives, it takes them on full-scale adventures through some of the Southwest’s Read More …
Make Music Day is a world-wide event open to anyone who wants to join in and music on June 21. Join in the fun and make music on June 21 Held annually on the June Read More …
Minnesota’s Big Bog State Recreation Area is best known for the mile-long boardwalk that takes visitors into the odd world of the largest peat bog in the lower 48 states. Expect to see carnivorous plants, Read More …