Blog Minnesota State Capitol By Brady Carlson April 8, 2008 Share This Post FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp I wonder if the locals are tired of tourists like me coming here and going “Wow, Jesse Ventura used to work here.” Related Related: Colorado’s State Capitol Has Pretty Much All The World’s Rose Onyx Linda Christensen, The Minnesota State Fair’s Legendary Butter Sculptor At The Arkansas State Capitol, They Let Visitors Hold Actual Taxpayer Dollars In This Minnesota Town, It’s Always Halloween A Three Minute Audio Tour Of The U.S. Capitol TagsSt. Paul MNstate capitolstoday's photo The latest At Least One Beatle Hoped That The Band Would Get Arrested For Its Rooftop Concert The Beatles needed a big ending to their documentary, and some of them thought a big arrest might be it. Some Kansans Wanted To Turn Their Part Of The State Into West Kansas In the 1990s, a dispute over school funding led to a plan to turn part of the state into a new state. A Football Team Selected John Wayne In The 1971 NFL Draft Back then, the drafts were strictly business, except for the moment when an NFL franchise appeared to draft one of the biggest names in Hollywood. In Lewis Carroll’s Time, A Real Disease Led To “Mad Hatters” The phrase “mad as a hatter” may have originally been a play on words, but the phenomenon was very real. Before She Changed The World Of Flying, Bessie Coleman Was An Award-Winning Manicurist Some people seem to be good at everything they do. Why Is A Pie In The Face Such A Big Part Of Comedy History? It's one of the oldest and longest-running gags in movie history and there are a few big reasons why. - Advertisement - Brady CarlsonBrady Carlson is a writer and radio host from Madison, Wisconsin. more