Minnesota History

Gold Medal Flour mural discovered on a south Minneapolis home becomes a portal to the past
After uncovering two massive Gold Medal Flour ads covering his side walls, a Minneapolis architect set out on a mission to find out more about the history of the house and the neighborhood.
Great Lakes swimmers plan to complete the journey the Edmund Fitzgerald started
This weekend, a group of long-distance swimmers plan to begin a more than 400 mile swim relay across Lakes Superior and Huron to complete the journey of the ill-fated Edmund Fitzgerald started 50 years ago this fall.
Earthquake? In Minnesota? The day the ground in Morris shook 50 years ago
The 1975 Morris earthquake released tremors so strong, people across much of Minnesota, northern Iowa and the eastern Dakotas were able to feel the tremors. Fifty years later, scientists and those who lived through it are still trying to figure out how Morris ended up as the epicenter of such a rare experience.
‘Crime of the century’ exhibit at Little Falls museum explores impacts of Lindbergh kidnapping
Public fascination with the kidnapping case of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s son has continued for nearly a century, with many books, movies, documentaries and websites devoted to conspiracy theories.