>> Cathy: MINNESOTANS KNOW AND LOVE THEIR STATE CAPITOL BUT THE HISTORIC SITE IS GETTING A FRESH PERSPECTIVE FROM SOME SOCIAL MEDIA STARS WHO PAID A VISIT FOR THEIR NEW SHOW.

OUR MARY LAHAMMER SERVED AS TOUR GUIDE FOR THE PAIR.

>> Mary: IT IS MINNESOTA'S MOST IMPORTANT BUILDING.

NOW IT'S GETTING SOME NEW MEDIA ATTENTION.

>> WE'RE DOING AN EPISODE ON ST.

PAUL LANDMARKS AND OBVIOUSLY THE CAPITOL IS THE BIGGEST LANDMARK OF THEM ALL.

>> WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CAPITOL AND THINK OF IT?

>> I KNOW VERY LITTLE AND EVEN TALKING TO YOU JUST A FEW MINUTES I KNOW EVEN LESS THAN I THOUGHT I DO.

I'M EXCITED TO LEARN FROM OUR AUDIENCE.

>> Mary: CASS GILBERT WAS GETTING SOME HEAT THAT HE WAS IMPORTING TOO MUCH STUFF FROM EUROPE, OUT EAST, SO HE HAD TO BRING IN MINNESOTA MATERIALS.

>> WE'RE THERE EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY FOR THIS UNPRECEDENTED PROJECT.

>> IF ONLY THERE WAS SOME GIANT LOOMING SYMBOL TO GIVE US SOME SORT OF IDEA.

>> HOW DO WE START?

>> LIKE THIS.

>> WELCOME TO BEING MINNESOTAN, THE POD SHOW FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY LOOK GOOD IN FLANNEL AND THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY TOO POLITE TO TELL THEM THE TRUTH.

>> BEFORE LAUNCHING THE BEING MINNESOTAN VIDEO PODCAST RYAN CLAPPER WAS A VIRAL VIDEO SENSATION WHO GARNERED MILLIONS OF VIEWS WITH HIS GET TO KNOW SERIES.

>> I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON GLOBAL POLITICS OR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT I SELL PLACES FOR A LIVING AND I SAW YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BUYING SOME LAND SOUTH OF YOUR BORDER.

>> IN THE FIRST EPISODE WE ALSO SHOT OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL.

>> WE KEEP COMING BACK.

BRYAN CAME UP WITH THE IDEA, HE'S LIKE I THINK WE'RE MISS SOMETHING IN THIS MARKET.

>> YEAH, THERE'S A GAP IN THE MARKET.

MINNESOTA HAS SO MUCH UNIQUE CONTENT.

>> Mary: IT'S JUST MEASURES, CONFUCIUS.

SOCK RATES.

YES, ALL THE BASIS OF LAWS.

AND ALL OF THIS ART HAD BEEN COMPLETELY SHROUDED UNDER DIRT, VARNISH, AND SMOKE.

>> LAST YEAR, LONG BEFORE THE CURRENT CONTROVERSIES OF THE TRADE WAR TO THE NORTH, CLAPPER PROPOSED CANADA ANNEX MINNESOTA, MAKING NEWS FOR THE SARCASTIC BUT BELOVED MINNESOTAN.

>> MINNEAPOLIS WAS THE ONLY AMERICAN ITY TO ACHIEVE A GOLD RATING IN THE HAPPIEST CITIES IN THE WORLD RANKING THIS YEAR.

WE'RE ALSO OME TO MORE FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES THAN ALL OF CANADA.

HOW IRONIC WOULD IT BE IF THE WORLD'S LARGEST HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY WAS CANADIAN.

THINK ABOUT IT.

PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE, WITH MAPLE SYRUP ON TOP?

>> THEN THE REAL ESTATE AGENT DEVELOPED A FOLLOWING FOR MANY HISTORIES OF AREA CITIES.

>> ST.

LOUIS PARK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTOR TO POP CULTURE OF THE TWIN CITIES, PRODUCING WAY MORE FAMOUS RESIDENTS THAN CITY HAS ANY RIGHT TO.

AL FRANKEN WOULD GO ON TO HOST A TALK RADIO SHOW.

>> HE, LIKE RUSH LIMBAUGH WAS A BIG FAT IDIOT.

AND PEGGY FLANAGAN, THOMAS FRIEDMAN, MARY LAHAMMER, AND SPORTS ANCHOR MARK ROSEN.

>> TOP TO BOTTOM $300 MILLION RESTORATION OF THE CAPITOL WAS COMPLETED ALMOST A DECADE AGO NOW AND IT WAS THE LARGEST PRESERVATION EFFORT SINCE THE CAPITOL OPENED IN 1905 AND PROBABLY STILL STANDS S THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC PROJECT IN STATE HISTORY.

>> ONLY ROME HAS A BETTER DOME.

BUT THE CENTURY-OLD STRUCTURE WAS CRUMBLING.

>> I THINK THE BUILDING REPRESENTS MORE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE SIDE.

TO ME IT STRIKES ME AS A VERY NONPARTISAN BUILDING, THIS IS WHERE HE WORK ACTUALLY GETS DONE.

IT'S NOT A POLITICAL SPACE, IT IS A PUBLIC SERVICE SPACE >> EVERYBODY IS WELCOME HERE AND EVERY VOICE IS WELCOME TO BE HEARD HERE.

>> CLAPPER APTLY EXPLAINS, WE'RE MINNESOTANS.- WE DE MINNESOTANS.- WE DONMINNESOTANS.- WE DON'TNNESOTANS.- WE DON'T LESOTANS.- WE DON'T LIKOTANS.- WE DON'T LIKE ANS.- WE DON'T LIKE TOS.- WE DON'T LIKE TO T- WE DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT OURSELVES BUT WE LOVE IT WHENEVER PEOPLE TALK ABOUT US.

>> WHAT STRIKES YOU WHEN YOU FIRST WALK IN THIS BUILDING?

>> THE EPICNESS OF IT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WHICH MARBLE STAIRCASE DO I NEED TO GO UP?

IT'S JUST SO STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL, IT FEELS VERY EUROPEAN, YOU DON'T REALIZE THAT YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE.

MIDWEST, IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE TRANSPORTED SOMEWHERE ELSE.

WHAT ABOUT YOU >> VERY GRAND, JUST LIKE SHE SAID, VERY GRAND, EPIC.

EVERY TIME I WALK THROUGH THE DOORS I'M JUST AMAZED BY T AND I'M SURE EVEN AS MANY YEARS AS YOU'VE SPENT HERE YOU PROBABLY FEEL THE SAME WAY.

>> DOES IT FEEL UNMINNESOTAN THAT WAY, HOW GRAND AND OSTENTATIOUS?

>> THAT'S WHY IT'S UNIQUE, IT STANDS OUT FROM EVERYTHING ELSE.

>> IT DOESN'T FEEL HUMBLE BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S NOT OSTENTATIOUS, THERE'S NOT OVERABUNDANCE OF GOLDLEAF OR ANYTHING.

>> E'RE GOING INTO THE VAULT, THIS SPACE DID NOT EXIST PRIOR TO THE RESTORATION.

THIS WAS HVAC, FULL OF ELECTRICAL WIRES, ALL JUST -- JUST CHAOS IN HERE.

>> WE DON'T HAVE EARTHQUAKES, WE DON'T HAVE HURRICANES, WE DON'T HAVE ALLIGATORS.

>> HIS COHOST IS A MARKETING AND SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT CREATOR WHO WENT VIRAL DURING COVID QUARANTINE.

>> I CLICK THESE BUTTONS SO MUCH THEY'RE WORN OFF!

MINNESOTA AND NEW MEXICO, YOU'RE NOT GETTING AN ABBREVIATION.

>> AND ALSO LOVES TO TALK ABOUT LIFE IN MINNESOTA.

>> MIDWEST CHECK-IN, MIDWEST CHECK-IN!

OKAY, ISN'T IT MINNESNOWTA?

ISN'T IT ALWAYS COLD IN MINNESOTA?

NO, IT IS NOT.

>> PEOPLE WANT TO EXPERIENCE AND THEY WANT TO SHARE THEIR STORES ALSO AND I BUILD THIS COMMUNITY AND I SHARE ABOUT MY LIFE BUT A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE IS BEING IN THE MIDWEST, BEING HERE IN MINNESOTA AND SO A LOT OF MY CONTENT KIND OF BLEW UP INTO THAT.

AND PEOPLE JUST HAVE REALLY CAUGHT ONTO IT AND WE'VE BUILT A REALLY GREAT COMMUNITY.

>> YEAH, SHE