Can groundhogs really predict the weather?
Every year on February 2, crowds gather around the burrow of a groundhog. Loud music blares, people cheer, and eventually, the sleepy groundhog noses his way out of his burrow.…
Mistletoe: A Christmas legend
Everyone knows what happens if you get stuck standing under a mistletoe around Christmas time. You get a big smooch! But did you know that people have been telling legends of this fascinating…
Where was Paul Bunyan born? Depends who you ask
Paul Bunyan most certainly hailed from Bemidji, Minnesota. That is, unless he came from Bangor, Maine. Both cities have statues of the giant folk hero lumberjack, and both cities claim he was…
Born January 21, 1842, Alfred Griner Packer was a prospector and guide in the Rocky Mountains during the 1870s who… https://t.co/qHgBEmUPWX
(about 1 day ago)The Kalapuya did not belong to a single homogeneous tribal entity, but rather, to multiple autonomous subdivisions.… https://t.co/vN2Jry7xlH
(about 2 days ago)This one-time thriving community and commercial center is a semi-ghost town with a population of just about 85 peop… https://t.co/buzzpRQy6d
(about 2 days ago)Constructed over four decades beginning in 1967, a man named Frank Van Zant, built the folk art “sculpture” of conc… https://t.co/awOYivtouW
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