In 2016, an antiques collector in Minnesota ... white beard smoking a pipe as he repairs his net along the shore. The collector who originally purchased the piece sold it to the art research ...

A Minnesota man who paid $50 for what appeared to be an ordinary painting at a 2016 garage may have purchased a long-lost original work by Vincent Van Gogh that could be worth over $15 million.

The state’s share is covered by taxes on electronic pull tabs and bingo games that charities can operate at bars and clubs around Minnesota ... Beard didn’t want to let the Vikings leave ...