It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...

Avon is a small town in Central Minnesota in Stearns county nestled between numerous lakes, hills and industry. The small ...

As much as I appreciate my formal education and the doors it has opened, I treasure the lessons the people of Minnesota and its land have bestowed upon me. Lessons the sound of my dad’s ...

If you live in a small town and want your grocery store to survive, continue to shop there. If you live in a larger community such as Hutchinson but spend a lot of time in a small town and want ...

The smallest cities in the U.S. aren’t all rundown communities void of residents, businesses or even stoplights. In some cases, they are small towns set among picturesque landscape. Others might even ...