St. Louis’ Forgotten Mounds
The Mississippian culture, one of the most fascinating cultures in world history, built earth mounds from Minnesota down to the...
Month: September 2018
3 videos comparing the Chicago of the past with today.
The windy city has changed over the years. The indigenous Miami-Illinois tribes called it shikaakwa, meaning onion, after the abundance...
How a “Mad Gasser” terrified a town in rural Illinois
"He moves through the night as nimbly and secretly as a cat, squirting a sweetish gas through bedroom windows.” -...
When St. Louis hosted the most bizarre race in Olympic History.
In 1904, St. Louis hosted the Summer Olympics, to coincide with the upcoming World’s Fair located in the city’s Forest...