Feb 21, 2017 02:21PM ● By Alex Priest
Why are libraries relevant? For Rem Koolhaas, international architect and designer of one of America’s premier libraries in Seattle, “in ...
Feb 10, 2017 03:17PM ● By Greg Jerrett
Mary Tudor’s bloody reign over England in the 16th century—when she turned the nation back to Catholicism, burned heretics at the stake, and...
Dec 15, 2016 09:59AM ● By Lindsay Wilson
“Fighter" is a very connotative word. People hear it and think of large, brutish men knocking each other out for money. They think broken ho...
Sep 16, 2015 02:07PM ● By Judy Horan
Since 1587, when Virginia colonists first created ale using corn, beer has been a big part of American history.The first known brewery in th...
Jul 10, 2015 01:51PM ● By Ryan Borchers
This article appears in July/August 2015 The Encounter.You may have seen Britny Cordera Doane sitting with her typewriter on Howard Street i...
Feb 18, 2015 08:00AM ● By Matt Whipkey
Between adolescence and adulthood, is chaos. No single Omaha building embodies one’s formative years of 18 to 22 more than a dilapidated man...
Feb 11, 2015 08:00AM ● By Judy Horan
Omaha eyes are drawn to the massive limestone building towering over 20th and Dodge Streets. How could we miss it? But it’s what we don’t s...
Dec 23, 2014 08:00AM ● By Judy Horan
When Bill Eustice first saw the movie A Christmas Story, he thought, “I’ve been there. That’s me.” Just like Ralphie in the classic holiday ...
Oct 03, 2014 09:00AM ● By Omaha Magazine Staff
At the end of the 19th century, Omaha was in its prime as a major railroad center, connecting the settled East with the wide-open West. The...
Sep 24, 2014 09:00AM ● By Lindsey Anne Baker
In 1914, the stately home at 6129 Florence Blvd. was brand new. Built by Laura D. and Edward Cackley, owner of Cackley Bros. wine and liquor...
Sep 15, 2014 09:00AM ● By Judy Horan
The Omaha suburb of Dundee didn’t expect an enemy attack during World War II. Bombs weren’t reaching the U.S. heartland in 1945.That’s why m...
Sep 03, 2014 09:00AM ● By Doug Meigs
Three hundred years after Europeans first documented the Platte River, I push a canoe into the current and head downstream. The two-day exc...
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