Play3min 23secNew York Mills: Corn Stalk ChopperSeptember 17, 2010 3:23 PMBy Marc SanchezAn outdated piece of farm equipment is re-purposed as a music box.
Play2min 52secSt. Paul: State Fair chickensSeptember 3, 2010 4:02 PMBy Marc SanchezDawn approaches, and a symphony of clucks and crows heads for a crescendo in the poultry barn.
Play2min 18secMaplewood: Where pitching horseshoes is a passionSeptember 2, 2010 12:00 AMBy Marc SanchezFor die-hards, pitching horseshoes is way more than a backyard game. At the St. Paul Ramsey Co. Horseshoe Club in Maplewood, ringers are a way of life.
Rochester: Carillon bells ring out from Mayo Clinic towerAugust 25, 2010 9:38 AMRochester is home to one of three carillons in the state. The massive instrument lives Mayo Clinic's Plummer Building bell tower. Rain or shine, snow or sleet, Mayo's resident carilloneur and his understudies play 30-minute sets eight times each week.
Play3min 02secFort Snelling: Gun powder, fuses and the boom of a cannonAugust 17, 2010 12:22 PMBy Marc SanchezWhen Fort Snelling was an actual workaday fort, soldiers never fired the cannon in battle. But these days, soldiers fire the old gun all the time. In this audio feature, you can hear how reenactors use period equipment to set off a big boom.
Play3min 04secWaite Park: Cannonballs and belly flops at the quarryAugust 10, 2010 12:00 AMBy Marc SanchezA former granite quarry near St. Cloud is a haven for mountain biking, hiking, fishing, scuba diving and swimming. Dive in ... the water's nice and cool.
Play3min 07secRichfield: Pickin' party at the strip mall music shopJuly 30, 2010 12:00 AMBy Marc SanchezBluegrass, country, Cajun, Celtic, and Tejano music might not be the first thing you think of when you see the strip mall located near 66th Street and Penn Avenue South in Richfield, but that's what you'll find at the Homestead Pickin' Parlor.
Play2min 55secSt. Paul: Skilled hands make a wooden canoeJuly 23, 2010 3:53 PMBy Marc SanchezIn an old warehouse in downtown St. Paul's Lowertown, Dennis Davidson and George Weed make canoes the old-fashioned way. They cut, plane and tap planks onto a hull in a trance-inducing rhythm. Their finished products are marvelous watercraft.
Play2min 43secStillwater: Up up and awayJuly 20, 2010 10:20 AMBy Marc SanchezScott Aamodt has been piloting hot air balloons for more 20 years, and he still enjoys the view. Check out the sights and sounds as he voyages up and away.
Play2min 01secRollag: Preserving the power of steamJuly 12, 2010 12:00 AMBy Marc SanchezIn the tiny community of Rollag, about 20 miles east of Moorhead, people are crazy about one thing: steam. This is where steam-powered locomotives, tractors, boilers, diggers and other vintage machines live on.