After a lifetime of hearing about his North Dakotan great-great-grandfather's record-breaking beard, Dan Backer and his wife Jeanine trekked through the Smithsonian archives to see it.| Bemidji Pioneer
News, photos and podcasts about true crime, historical true crime, mysteries, oddities and history from the upper Midwest, including Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.| Bemidji Pioneer
Those looking to sell, distribute, or consume booze in the '20s and '30s had a few sneaky tricks up their sleeves.| Bemidji Pioneer
The Dodge with the 1950 Minnesota plates now sits outside London, but the Finch family wants to honor where its story began.| Bemidji Pioneer
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.| Bemidji Pioneer