Cover of “Minnesota’s Ten Thousand Lakes: the Nation’s Summer Playground” brochure, circa 1926. Credit: Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society In 1835, artist George Catlin traveled from St.

After three straight national championships from 1934-36, the University of Minnesota suffered its first losing season under legendary coach Bernie Bierman in 1939 when it finished 3-4-1. The ...

The University of Minnesota is teaming up with Ancestry.com to turn the 1940 census results into a searchable database, creating a valuable tool for a wide array of researchers. The U’s Minnesota ...

Minnesota records from the 1940 census are expected to be searchable by name in about two to four weeks, and all 132 million names for the U.S. should be ready by early fall. The volunteer effort to ...

The Armistice Day blizzard of 1940 is widely regarded as one of, if not the most, severe blizzard to hit Minnesota in recorded history. One element that made the storm so devastating was that it was ...

NEW ULM, Minn. (AP)-- A bronze plaque honoring three game wardens killed in the line of duty seven decades ago will be dedicated Monday at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources regional ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- A Minnesota farm gave visitors Sunday the chance to experience the Christmas season as if it were the 1940s. The Holz Farm in Eagan was decked out in everything you would find ...