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...
Aug 28, 2014 09:00AM ● By Judy Horan
That imposing building with an iron front near 13th and Howard streets is actually made up of three buildings, each with an interesting his...
Jun 25, 2014 09:00AM ● By Robyn Murray
Winter was just getting underway in Omaha, and the grand lobby of The Rose Theater was a bustle of preparations. It was 1995, and the staff ...
Feb 14, 2014 01:00PM ● By Katie Anderson
Growing up in a Catholic elementary school, we took notice of holidays with religious connections, mostly involving saints. However, as a yo...
Dec 17, 2013 01:20PM ● By Chris Wolfgang
In 2004, The New Yorker published a story entitled “Homecoming Queens.” “Compared with most Midwestern towns,” writes author Mark Singer, “O...
Nov 03, 2013 10:20AM ● By Katie Anderson
Since Omaha was founded nearly 160 years ago, many of its older buildings have seen their demise. But in at least two of Downtown Omaha’s hi...
Oct 27, 2013 04:30PM ● By Katie Anderson
"Puh-leeze,” she would beg on family vacations as a girl, “can we go to the history museum?” Libby Krecek has a longtime passion for both hi...
Aug 30, 2013 01:04PM ● By Bailey Hemphill
Sarah and George Joslyn came to Omaha for the same reasons people do today—job opportunities. Originally from Vermont, they arrived here in ...
Aug 29, 2013 10:17AM ● By Chris Wolfgang
An insignificant river town doesn’t grow up to be a thriving metropolis without producing its share of unsavory types. Villainous characters...
Aug 27, 2013 07:49PM ● By Linda Persigehl
Valeria Orlandini has made a career of preserving works on paper and photographic materials, many of which are proudly displayed in fine hom...
Aug 26, 2013 11:16AM ● By Carol Crissey Nigrelli
Killion family members from all over the country take turns hosting reunions every two years, a ritual that’s been going on now for over thr...
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