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City of Minnetrista Minnesota The History of Minnetrista Minnesota Minnetrista is in Hennepin County, Minnesota. The name is of the Dakota language and minne means “water” and trista means “crooked”. Lakes in Minnetrista include Whaletail Lake, Little Long Lake, Mud Lake, Ox Yoke Lake, Saunders Lake as...

Why it is a good time to sell your home now? One would think that coming into fall and in the middle of a pandemic that it would not be a good time to sell. The opposite is the case. So why is it a good time...

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City of Shorewood Minnesota The History of Shorewood Minnesota   The city of Shorewood is in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Located on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. Was originally part of Excelsior Township. Then became independent in 1889 and incorporated as a city in 1956. Shorewood was reported to...

When to declutter and organize your home Our mindset has traditionally been to “spring clean” and to declutter and organize your home then. Today we are going to talk about why the fall is a better time to do that.   The reasons why… 1) We have the time...

City of Orono Minnesota The History of Orono Minnesota Orono is in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Located on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. Was originally part of Medina Township. Then became independent in 1889 and incorporated as a city in 1955. Orono was named after Orono, Maine.   Is Orono...

Fall projects for your home! The weather is starting to get cooler and it is time for us to consider what we need to do to our home to prepare for our winter season. Here are some fall projects for your home.   Let us see what we...

City of Deephaven Minnesota The History of Deephaven Minnesota Deephaven is in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Located on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. It is situated 12 miles from downtown Minneapolis. Settled in 1876 by Charles Gibson. In 1879 the grand hotel “saint Louis” was opened. Incorporated in 1900. Is...

Visit a haunted house! Something fun to do in Minnesota is visit one of our scary haunted houses. We like our Halloween fun in Minnesota. We have a variety of haunted houses throughout the Twin Cities and there are also hayrides, mazes, spook walks and zombies!...

Visit an area apple orchard! Something fun to do in Minnesota is visit one of our wonderful apple orchards. One of the special gifts of living in Minnesota is our apple orchards. We have a wonderful variety of apples grown here. They include Honeycrisp (created at...