Elle Andra-Warner

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Elle Andra-Warner is a veteran travel writer and has an abiding curiosity in all things unusual. Her monthly column Strange Tales covers everything from UFO sightings to historic oddities.

Modern-day historian-adventurers take to YouTube and social media

Elle Andra-WarnerNovember 30, 2020

by Elle Andra-WarnerNovember 30, 2020

Some modern-day historian-adventurers are changing how history is documented and shared with the public. And three that are among the best are Thunder Bay’s David...

Self-taught artisan and the classic Christmas Danish star

Elle Andra-WarnerNovember 25, 2020

by Elle Andra-WarnerNovember 25, 2020

At the Swedish Christmas dinner last year at the Prince Arthur Hotel, on each table there were beautiful white hand-crafted Danish stars in two sizes....

Christmas Carols: From Medieval to Modern-Day

Elle Andra-WarnerNovember 24, 2020

by Elle Andra-WarnerNovember 24, 2020

Most of us know at least some of the words to Christmas carols but what’s the history behind the songs? When was the first carol...

Lighthouse Tales of Lake Superior

Elle Andra-WarnerOctober 28, 2020October 30, 2020

by Elle Andra-WarnerOctober 28, 2020October 30, 2020

Most of us have read about ships that have floundered in the past during Lake Superior storms in November and December. Seldom however are there...

The Secret Construction of Flying Saucers

Elle Andra-WarnerOctober 1, 2020

by Elle Andra-WarnerOctober 1, 2020

In the 1950s at the height of the Cold War, did the Canadian and U.S. governments really spend millions of dollars to develop and build...

Saving History by Restoring Artifacts

Elle Andra-WarnerAugust 26, 2020

by Elle Andra-WarnerAugust 26, 2020

What does one do with a rusty derelict tugboat—once an important working warping tug hauling log booms on rivers and lakes—sitting in your yard? Thunder...