A: We aren’t surprised that there are scant remains of ferry crossings because of the sandy nature of the Minnesota River Valley ... by the Minnesota Historical Society, this grant is part ...

Nowadays, a vast network of highways ties the southwest suburbs to the rest of the world. However, there was a time when the Minnesota River was the region’s lifeline. Steamboats ferried passengers up ...

It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...

Giving Hearts Day is Thursday, Feb. 13. Spend some time noodling around the Giving Hearts Day website. It’s totally ...

In celebration of Black History Month in February, MPR News is highlighting Black history throughout the state. From a fur ...

Workers laid down the bricks that make up the Old Lincoln Highway in west Omaha back in 1920. City engineers have closed the ...

A Carver County woman is hoping her land will be recognized as an important archeological site and that it will be preserved under the permanent protection of the Archeological Conservancy. If her ...

Trinchero Napa Valley “Build Your Own Bordeaux,” at 7 p.m. at Crow River Golf Club, 915 Colorado St. N.E., Hutchinson. This event ...

The north-south trails from St. Paul to Dubuque (Iowa) and from Fort Atkinson (Iowa) to Winona, along with the east-west travel along both the Chatfield Territorial Road and the State Line Trail, ...

For its first program of 2025, the Mendota Historical Society will welcome historian and Navy veteran Joe Tokarz to give a presentation on a unique slice of World War II history.

New $1.2M 'reflection point' along the Sacramento River Trail in Redding will look out on vistas, speak to local Wintu history. Here's what's planned.