The Anatomic Bomb :
Lili St. Cyr came into the world as Willis Marie Van Schaack in Minneapolis. Her parents mo...
A Hotel of Rare Charm :
The Hampshire Arms Hotel spent the better part of the last century standing on the corner of 4t...
Tri-state Telephone and Telegraph Company Then and Now :
The Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Company was a major competitor of Northwestern Bell Tel...
Back in 2008 I was going door to door in North Minneapolis passing out literature for the Democratic party supporting Barack Obama. At the end of my route was a tiny restaurant near the corner of Penn and Broadway called El Amin’s Fish House. Inside were two deli cases, one full of fresh fish on [...]
