
Special Education Pioneers
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Rice County’s Faribault is home to three of the earliest American schools for children with disabilities. Faribault’s special education pioneers held high hopes and

Murals of Minnesota
Wadena’s Alley Art Institute, a non-profit founded in 2004, attracted over forty artists, two hundred volunteers, and

Anoka, Minnesota: Halloween Capital of the World
Anoka’s Halloween tradition began as an effort to stop teenagers’ pranks in 1920: instead of soaping windows and tipping outhouses

Valley Fair Amusement Park Trivia
· Local radio station KDWB has hosted contest which award a new car the contestant who can ride roller coasters like the Wild

Calamity Jane
How Martha Canary earned the nickname “Calamity Jane” depends on who you trust. According to her own account, Captain Egan

The Pilot Who Made History
Charles Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis, a custom-crafted plane based on the Ryan M-2, in a historic non-stop flight from Long

Helena and Butte, Montana: Mining and the Wild West
Helena, which yielded three and a half million dollars worth of gold, and Butte, nicknamed “The Richest Hill on Earth,” are both

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor
The Freeport Union Dairy is a popular old-fashioned ice cream parlor serving creamy, local ice cream that is guaranteed to

Bonnie and Clyde Robbery
According to the FBI, in the 1930’s, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were the subjects of “one of the most colorful and spectacular

Our Oldest American Ancestor
The oldest skeletal remains ever discovered in North America were uncovered in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota in Otter Tail County.