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Worthington Minnesota

From Brooklyn to Worthington, Minnesota

Novelist Tim O'Brien revisits his past to come to terms with his rural hometown
November 2009 | By Tim O'Brien

Last Page Darwin for Dads

Darwin for Dads

A daughter tries to help one member of an endangered species survive
August 2009 | By Joe Queenan

History of wedding cake

The Strange History of the Wedding Cake

Hearkening back to Ancient Rome, the wedding cake has a storied and sugary history
July 13, 2009 | By Smithsonian.com

General George Patton and Benjamin W Patton

For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground

Famed World War II Gen. George S. Patton's grandson finds his calling in the ashes of his fathers journals
June 2009 | By Benjamin W. Patton

Bob Baldwin and Jim Alexander

The Surprising Satisfactions of a Home Funeral

When his father and father-in-law died within days of each other, author Max Alexander learned much about the funeral industry
March 2009 | By Max Alexander

Woman at work with her child

The Journey to Elsewhere, U.S.A.

A professor explains how new technology drastically altered the modern American family unit
January 29, 2009 | By Abigail Tucker

Something about the Swamp Ghost drives people around the bend, the reporter came to learn.

Swamp Ghosts

In Papua New Guinea, a journalist investigates the controversy over a World War II bomber
October 2007 | By John Darnton

Around the world (above, Halabja, Iraq), an array of rich and varied wedding rituals exists, full of symbolism intended to reinforce a couple

Global Weddings

How "I do" is done around the world
June 01, 2007 | By Demetra Aposporos

On the Totem Trail

June 2001 | By Mary Jane Lenz


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