STORY: Dozens of visitors gathered on the farm to witness the annual "cow release" - a marker of the start of spring in the northern European nation. Despite some initial trepidation when the barn ...

Reporter Kelli Hanson met up with the man behind the Swedish barn quilts that can be found hanging off of businesses and barns. The Chisago Lakes Information Center along highway 8 in Lindstrom has a ...

There's a flutter of anticipation as we peel off Interstate 35 about 30 miles north of Minneapolis to start our quilt quest. We slow to a cruise, roll down our windows and look out for the vibrant, ...

In what's called a "Concert Barn" (Konsertlada) built on land bought next to the birthplace of her father, who lived in Vattnäs, a small settlement on Lake Orsa, and later moved to Stockholm, she has ...

Beginning Swedish Folk Dance Workshops, Old Fashioned Barn Dance and authentic Swedish Supper will be Saturday, March 14th, 2009 at the historic Bishop Hill Colony School. Featured dance instructors ...