With a healthy crop of balsam fir pines growing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, northeast Minnesota is highly ...

Wane Gannaway will step down at the end of January to become the executive director of the St. Louis County Historical ...

In 1859, lawlessness and injustice led to the first deployment of what would become the Minnesota National Guard.

When Democrats in the closely divided Minnesota House of Representatives signaled they might boycott the opening of the ...

On Thursday, the Commission required the company to complete cultural, archaeological, and historical resources inventories for Route Alternative 1 and Route Alternative 3. The inventory requires both ...

National History Day in Minnesota seeks volunteer judges for upcoming contests, including March 8 at Eden Prairie’s Central ...

The Life of Hilda Simms” in Friends of the St. Paul Public Library’s free Fireside Reading series. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, ...

Four times a year the Minnesota Historical Society hosts a free admission day featuring historical sites and museums in the ...

President Biden has signed into law legislation that renames the Roseau, Minnesota post office in honor of Floyd B. Olson, who served as the community's postmaster for 25 years. Olson served in the ...

President Joe Biden officially signed legislation to rename the Roseau Post Office in honor of Floyd B. Olson, who served as ...

Gay activist Thom Higgins "pied" the antigay crusader during a press conference in Des Moines in 1977 as part of his considerable career as an LGBTQ+ rights advocate.

The Minnesota Historical Society says January 10th, 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the official moniker "The Arrowhead".