Category: Minnesota
Heroes of Hinkley
Imagine a fire that could consume about 500 square miles in just four hours. Such a firestorm has not been seen since 1945. It was…
The Race to Save the People of Hinkley
It sounds like the script of an action adventure movie. A wall of fire approaches a city as townspeople rush to board trains that can…
Literal Firestorm Building
We’re all familiar with Smokey Bear and his warnings to prevent forest fires. But imagine a fire with fuel that had been building, not for…
The Yellowstone Trail
Today we don’t think much of hoping on an interstate to zip from one location to the next. But a century ago, national highways were…
The Amazing Life of Michael Dowling
You’ve probably never heard of a man named Michael Dowling who spent most of his life in southwester Minnesota in the late 1800s and early…
The Minnesota Machinery Museum
The school closed in the small town of Hanley Falls, Minnesota in the late 1970s. Many people wondered what to do with their old school…
The Small But Mighty Popcorn Stand
1919 was an important year in Granite Falls, Minnesota. Amidst the hubbub of that year, people at the time wouldn’t have thought that a new…
A Unique Business Brining Big Dollars to Local Causes
Many organizations work to raise money for local causes. That is the case for the Kiwanis Club in Granite Falls, Minnesota. However, you may be…
A Business Born in 1919
The folks here can tell you the exact date two brothers started, what to them, must have seemed to simply be a side business to…
The Disneyland of Diving
You may have seen folks on tv diving to explore old shipwrecks. Most of the time we may think of those dives taking place in…
