Beltrami County Historical Society

Crews responded to a possible sinkhole that turned out to be a structural collapse, and a full basement was found underneath a downtown parking lot.

While the crime in "Murder at the Carson Christmas Party" is fictitious, the 1893 party and guest list were real in this live-action Clue mystery at the Beltrami County History Center on Dec. 26-27, 2024.

Events this week include holiday kick-offs in Hibbing, Bemidji, Brainerd and Grand Rapids; a free Thanksgiving dinner and a student art exhibition.

Podipto's found members will reunite for a fundraising event at the Beltrami County History Center at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Rail River Folk School.

Wildly fluctuating humidity levels at the Great Northern Depot building are damaging artifacts, including those unique to Northern Minnesota such as fur and birch bark.

Fia Larsen will speak at the Beltrami County History Center at noon Thursday, May 23, 2024, on German prisoners of war, who worked in farms and forests from Faribault to Cass Lake.

The community rallied behind the fundraising effort to bring the 1948 Great Northern Railway caboose to Bemidji, and the piece of locomotive history will be restored and preserved for visitor use.

The Beltrami County Historical Society is launching a special fundraising campaign to move a 1948 Great Northern Railway caboose to the historic train depot and museum in Bemidji.

The filmmaker is an independent journalist from Paris, France, and will be on hand to introduce her film and answer questions on Tuesday, Aug. 15.

Multiple operating models will be on display, including multiple scales of models and a LEGO City with operating LEGO trains. The train club layout will be open for tours, and train videos will be available for viewing.