The Minnesota Discovery Center sits on land atop ore, with rights owned by some of the state’s most storied families.

There are thinkers throughout history who offer grand overarching explanations of economic growth. Karl Marx was an economic ...

Hennepin County wants to unload a relic of Minneapolis’ industrial past: an abandoned grain elevator near the University of Minnesota that’s unlikely to attract many high bids. “It’s a really ...

The Mississippi River snakes below the bluffs at Spring Lake Park Reserve near Hastings, where people stroll or ski along the ...