Lake Minnetonka, the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes, Minnehaha Creek and Minnehaha Falls – have been the foundation of life in here for centuries. The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District has been ...

Minnesota becomes embroiled in a debate over our shared history. Currently, two of our state’s most important cultural institutions, the University of Minnesota and the ...

Every month is a good month to catch a show at the Penumbra Theatre, home of Minnesota's only Black professional theater ...

Email [email protected] or write to Corey McMaken, The Journal Gazette, 600 W. Main St., Fort Wayne, IN, 46802. I might include some in a future column. Oct. 23, 1910: Blanche Stuart Scott became ...

Rachael Hood, Senior Editor Established in the early 19th century as a frontier outpost, Fort Snelling is the oldest structure in Minnesota. Its perch over the converging point of the Mississippi ...

While it's a well-known historic landmark, that was built in 1934, it doesn't quite make the cut for one of the oldest in Minnesota. In fact, the bridges I'm about to show you all date back to the ...

As a result, many young people can no longer read or write in cursive. But if you can—or are willing to learn—a wealth of historical documents await you in the U.S. National Archives. The federal ...

Community has long been a focus for the 1882 church, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places ... Broadway, Winona, MN. Checks sent for the campaign should include "Aspire ...

Eastcliff Estate, the home of University presidents since 1958, has long served as an unofficial Minnesota landmark. But now, the word “unofficial” can be dropped from that description. The National ...

This 40-acre National Historic Site encloses the remains of the original mounted police stronghold, which until the 1970s, were buried under the expanding city. Today, you can explore the fort's ...

A section of historic Fort Fisher that was ripped apart to create an Army airfield during World War II has been restored. It took three months to recreate the feature. Fort Fisher State Historic ...

He has been laid to rest at Fort Snelling with military honors ... Ron Fagan of Fagan Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota took him up in a vintage BT-19 training aircraft.