History

Minnesota monk to deliver prestigious lecture in Washington
Father Columba Stewart, executive director of the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library at St. John’s University in Collegeville, will give the Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. Past honorees include Toni Morrison and Arthur Miller.
Ancient scroll's hidden contents revealed through infrared imaging
More than 200 years ago, a scroll damaged by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius was unrolled and pasted onto cardboard, even though it had writing on the back. New imagery shows some of what's long been hidden.
Minnesota Historical Society begins public hearings for new name of Historic Fort Snelling
Ahead of its scheduled renovation early next year, the Historical Society will use input from Minnesotans statewide to determine a name for the historic site.
118 years after ship sank in Lake Superior gale, searchers locate wreck 825 feet beneath the surface
After leaving Duluth with a cargo of grain in September 1901, the freighter Hudson ran into a Lake Superior gale and sank with all hands. It became the subject of ghost stories for decades. But the wreck’s exact whereabouts remained a mystery — until this summer.
Some 'Podunk' town in the middle of nowhere
"Podunk" is supposed to be bleak and isolated. But there are a few things that people who use the term might not know. For one, it really exists. For another, its history predates the United States.