Minnesota Historical Society

Urban cavers fight over turf and free speech

How an exploration dispute between academic Greg Brick and Action Squad's Gabe Carlson became a vicious legal battle

Johnny Michaels, La Belle Vie mixologist, opens up about his past, his craft, and his new book

MNHSJohnny Michaels ​Johnny Michaels has been a fixture in the Twin Cities cocktail scene for as long as I can remember. He has maintained one of the coolest and most interesting cocktail lists in town at La Belle Vie since it moved to its current location at 510 Groveland. He has written for seve ... More >>

Picked to Click 2010

Pink Mink lead the pack in our 20th annual best-new-bands poll

The Dead and The Wounded

Last spring three soldiers from northern Minnesota's Carlton County died in Iraq in one month's time

Timothy Mckinney's Baadasssss Song

Making art and fighting back: the lowdown on Minnesota's first black feature

Stage Protest

With demolition all but assured, preservationists aim to take their fight to court

Jeanette Kamman's Library For Orphans

Searching for the beginnings of the self and the end of the world in 100,000 cast-off books

Give me an R! Give me a T!

Happy to be compared to St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman, R.T. Rybak wants to use Minneapolis's top office to sell the city

Pupsicles

Freeze-drying: It's not just for pets anymore

The Hairy Truth

You thought Bigfoot sightings went out with Pop Rocks and moon boots. Try telling that to Mike Quast, who is convinced the creatures are alive and well and living in Minnesota.

Barnyard School

More than a thousand artists each year compete to find the art of the blue ribbon at the State Fair

Sorry, Charlie!

The Twin Cities mark the occasion of Charles Schulz's retirement by scrambling to turn him into a hometown hero

The Age of Work

Photographers Lewis W. Hine and David Parker frame the debate over child labor

Tilting at Highways

War against the planned Hiawatha Avenue extension is being waged on several fronts--but it's an uphill battle.

Suicide Squeeze

Riverfront Double Play

Developer and Sports Facilities Commissioner Peggy Lucas pursues both a new ballpark and upscale condos