Category: Minnesota
Scenic Route – A Modern-Day Viking Ship
Published Date: April 7, 2013 Leave a Comment on Scenic Route – A Modern-Day Viking Ship
How does a junior high guidance counselor come to be the builder and owner of a full-size Viking ship? And how do the counselor’s children…
Where the Mississippi Flows North
Published Date: March 27, 2013 Leave a Comment on Where the Mississippi Flows North
The Mississippi River flows over 2500 miles, southward through the Midwestern U.S. That is, unless you are here, where the river actually meanders north for…
The Headwaters of the Mississippi River
Published Date: March 26, 2013 Leave a Comment on The Headwaters of the Mississippi River
The Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico just south of New Orleans, Louisiana. But where does the mighty river begin? That question puzzled…
The Runestone
Published Date: April 22, 2011 Leave a Comment on The Runestone
The ancient writing on this stone shows that Europeans had traveled to the interior of North America over a century before Columbus sailed to its…
A Rock in a Farmer’s Field
Published Date: April 21, 2011 Leave a Comment on A Rock in a Farmer’s Field
Many a farmer has found a rock in his field, but the rock Olaf Ohman found was different than anything anyone in Minnesota had ever…
