City of Bangor Shipwreck
Wrecked with Hundreds of Brand New Cars On November 30, 1926, the steel steamer 445-foot-long City of Bangor, with a crew of 29, was heading
Elle Andra-Warner
Paul Bunyan: The Legendary Super Logger
It has been more than 115 years now since tales of the superhuman logger Paul Bunyan first appeared in American folklore. Since then, he’s been
The Spirit Little Cedar Tree on Lake Superior
Appearing to grow out of bare rock along the Lake Superior shoreline east of Grand Portage is a sentinel-like small gnarled tree with twisted branches.
Lake Superior’s Legendary Republic of Nirivia
Was there really a 20th century nation called Republic of Nirivia on an island in northern Lake Superior? A country with its own flag, national
World’s Oldest Canoes—Where Are They?
For many of us, the word “canoe” brings to mind the historic birch bark ones first used by First Nations peoples and later by the
The Historic Tugboats of Lake Superior
It was a big story in Thunder Bay back in 2017 with lots of community excitement and media attention to welcome the homecoming of the
Quirks of the Minnesota-Ontario Boundary
A large chunk of northeastern Minnesota—including Duluth and Grand Marais—might have become part of Canada if it hadn’t been for the inaccurate, error-laden Mitchell Map
Minnesota Iceman
It’s a bizarre story that still have some believing the Minnesota Iceman was ‘real’—perhaps a Neanderthal or a Bigfoot—while others say it was always a
