Books

The King of Skid Row: A book about a storied chapter in Minneapolis history, as told by one of the city’s most interesting characters (University of Minnesota Press, 2016)

Articles

The Secret Daughter: A battle over the estate of Mario D’Urso—the Italian banker and senator who epitomized the 1970s jet set—gets complicated when a daughter he didn’t know he had enters the picture. (2024)

The story of Janet Lee Dahl, the little girl in photos lost and found. And the followup story of the boy named Mark. (2019)

Secrecy Rules: A Star Tribune investigation of restrictions on the public’s right to know. Winner of the Best Use of Public Records, Minnesota SPJ; Honorable mention, national Silver Gavel Awards (2017)

Rubbed Out: the murder of Arthur Kasherman, journalist. In collaboration with Ewen Media, an experiment in digital history that tells the story of a Minneapolis newspaperman whose unsolved 1945 changed the fortune of a city. Winner of a Page One Award (First Place), Best Use of Multimedia (2011), and a regional Emmy for interactivity. (2010)

13 Seconds in August, an interactive archive of victim stories from the Interstate 35W bridge collapse. Winner of a National Headliner award for journalism innovation, a regional Emmy and an EPpy award for best special feature in a web site. (2007)

Into the Swamp, a wild excursion to the Great Alligator Swamp in Eastern North Carolina. (2000)

Sea Changes, a bicycle trip up the North Carolina coast that pissed people off the whole way. (1999)

The River Chronicles, a 16-day canoe journey down a shunned river in North Carolina. (1998)

Local history

Living in downtown Minneapolis was once a badge of shame (2016)

The Persian Palms, a long-lost bar in the seedy Gateway District (2016)

The Pioneer Hotel: Welcome to your cage (2016)