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In the early morning hours of June 7, 1928, Captain Edward E. Smith left the steamer USS America in the hands of the first mate. But his hopes for a few hours’ sleep were dashed when the mate ran the America into a hidden reef, tearing a hole in its steel hull. [Read Transcript...]
On March 3, 1991, an oil pipeline near Grand Rapids burst, spilling 1.7 million gallons of crude oil into the Prairie River – that's roughly 2.5 Olympic swimming pools worth of oil. It remains the largest inland oil spill in U.S. history. [Read Transcript...]
Askov, Minnesota hosts their annual Rutabaga Festival on the fourth weekend of every August. Music, festivities, and weird foods are tradition in this small town. But why the turnip adjacent root vegetable? Autumn Haeg tells us about this historic and earthy event. [Read Transcript...]
On July 3, 1863, on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Private Marshall Sherman of St. Paul stole something from the Confederate enemy that they wanted back, badly—the battle flag of the 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment. [Read Transcript...]
