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Archaeological finds show prehistoric babies drank animal milk from bottles

Archaeological finds show prehistoric babies drank animal milk from bottles

The remnants of ruminant milk were found in tiny vessels buried with infants thousands of years ago. Scientists say the ancient baby bottles were sometimes shaped like "mythical animals."
by Emily Vaughn

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Ask a 'sotan: How many lakes do we actually have?

Ask a 'sotan: How many lakes do we actually have?

Readers pour in questions about one of Minnesota’s most familiar claim to fame: lakes.
by Matt Mikus

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118 years after ship sank in Lake Superior gale, searchers locate wreck 825 feet beneath the surface

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.
by Andrew Krueger

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Some 'Podunk' town in the middle of nowhere

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.
by Leah Donnella

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Ken Burns gets to the heart of 'Country Music'

Ken Burns gets to the heart of 'Country Music'

The film includes interviews with Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Charley Pride as well as surprises like Paul Simon, Elvis Costello and one of the last interviews with the late Merle Haggard.
by Denise Guerra and Scott Simon

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440 years old and filled with footprints, these aren't your everyday maps

440 years old and filled with footprints, these aren't your everyday maps

In 1577, King Philip II of Spain wanted to know whom he was ruling and where in his vast kingdom they were. So his viceroy asked the indigenous groups in what is now Mexico to draw some maps for him.
by Wade Goodwyn

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Aspen Ideas Festival: 'Correcting America's Historical Memory'

Aspen Ideas Festival: 'Correcting America's Historical Memory'

Pulitzer Prize-winning historians David Blight and Annette Gordon-Reed speak at the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival about myth, memory and historical reality.
by MPR News Staff

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