The Star Tribune had a story today about this YouTube series by PBS North (the former WDSE-WRPT) hosted by UMD alumni Hailey Eidenschink (who gives me strong Megan Steil vibes). Season one has six short episodes (under ten minutes each), while the new season will have eight (five are online now).
With a heavy focus on the Northland, but I found all of them to be super fun to watch. From agates to shipwrecks, there are lots of great topics covered. I found it difficult to track them on YouTube, so here are direct links to all of the current episodes:
- S1E1 – Duluth’s Doomed Olympics Bid
- S1E2 – The Legend of St Urho
- S1E3 – Superior Shipwrecks
- S1E4 – The Root Beer Lady
- S1E5 – Hunting for Ancient Agates
- S1E6 – The Chief Buffalo Memorial Project
- S2E1 – The Legend of John Beargrease
- S2E2 – Minnesota’s Tourist Traps
- S2E3 – Mr. Magoo the Mongoose and Other Animals in Wrong Places
- S2E4 – The Magic of Smelting
- S2E5 – Boomtown!
- S2E6 – The Ope Files
I will update this post as the others are released…
Nicely done, History Nerd!
