History

What started as a search for historical tidbits for a "Jeopardy-style game" about the role of women in Mayo Clinic's history turned into something much[...]

At 104 years old, Sylvia Molstre has accumulated a few stories. And a few scars. And a few stories about scars. Like the tiny scar[...]

It seemed like a small gesture. It was 1948, and a young boy was biding time in the hospital lobby at Saint Marys in Rochester,[...]

Read time: 2 minutes, 30 seconds It’s beginning to look at lot like the holiday season is upon us. Once again, the Plummer Building in[...]

It threw us a little off our rhythm, recently, when we learned there's a group of Mayo poets that gathers each Friday in a meeting[...]

The picturesque driveway was lined with trucks, vans and other vehicles of the grounds crew and contractors putting the finishing touches on the historic mansion[...]

It's the sort of story that's surprising yet pretty much what you've come to expect from Mayo Clinic and the Sisters of Saint Francis. The[...]

It’s the time of year when students around the country are trying to figure out (literally and figuratively) what to do with their “sheepskins” –[...]

An attic speaks to the imagination. It brings to mind hidden treasures covered in dust (or maybe sheets). History waiting to be shared. A storage[...]