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VAULT - ODDITIES

Lois Reiss, Andrew Sadek, Roseau Runestone, Anna Marie Korynta, the Reker sisters
The end of the 1900s brought fear that a computer glitch might down aircraft, erase bank accounts and even trigger World War III.
Cool Whip on your favorite dessert? Thank William A. Mitchell, born in Raymond, Minnesota, for his prolific career inventing convenience foods we enjoy
Legend of iconic shoes stolen from Grand Rapids, Minnesota, museum in 2005 continues to grow after 2018 FBI recovery

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Horsemaning became all the rage following a Hollywood movie, but its roots go back to Queen Victoria’s time
Hundreds attend the annual Minnesota Bigfoot Conference, finding evidence against skeptics, a range of merchandise and a community of radical acceptance.
Over time, Dr. Leslie Keeley’s injection became known as the “Gold Cure,” named for its supposed content.
The so-called "Coya Come Home" letter insinuated a women’s place is in the house, not the U.S. House.
In 1970, brothers Dave and John Kunst left Waseca, Minn., on foot. They hoped to walk around the world. In 1974—after 14,000 miles and 20 million steps—Dave Kunst walked back into Waseca, alone.
What did the writer predict for the future and what did he want to tell us about the past?
It was a late winter morning when a cashier's son entered Miltona State Bank and found a discovered a tampered vault door, an empty safe, and cans of cream, filled with water.
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Minnesota and North Dakota were the last states fighting in an original 'smear' campaign
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During a live broadcast with KIMT-TV in 2015, reporter Adam Sallet accidentally captured footage of the suspect robbing the bank for the second time in two days.
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Marquis de Mores, a French nobleman who would be king, nearly altered the course of American history with his dueling pistols and a thirst for the hunt.
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Eunice Winstead, 9, made news in 1937 when she married a 24-year-old man in Tennessee. Minnesota was among the few states that fought back.

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