Volunteers were in the Southeast Como neighborhood Saturday morning to clean up corner gardens in preparation for the first annual Parade of Community Gardens tour through Minneapolis that will take place...

Since it opened in June 2004, the Hiawatha light-rail transit line has been used 10.9 million times. It has also been involved in three fatal accidents, including a car passenger in 2004, a pedestrian...

Food, giant animals and rides might be the main draw for many fairgoers, but the variety of music at the state fair is sure to offer something for everyone. Dozens of bands of all types will take the stages...

Our politically correct times have rid fairs and carnivals of one of their most defining traditions - freak shows. The sideshows satisfied the exploitative and voyeuristic compulsions in American culture...

Behind the fun and games of the Minnesota State Fair, there is a million-dollar business that makes the cheese curds sizzle and the Ferris wheels go 'round. Make that a $30.8 million-dollar business. That...

Joseph Jennings sat under a camouflage green Army tent patiently awaiting a haircut Friday. The 23-year-old is an Army veteran who served on the front lines in Operation Iraqi Freedom, but, after coming...