Steve Janisch stands for a portrait in his garage, The Little Wax Shoppe on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minn.

"There's a lot of excitement," Andy Spinelli, president of the museum, said this week. "We still have a lot of work to do, ...

Two warring factions try to be the first to connect a railroad from the Columbia Gorge to the booming timber town of Bend.

They were a major force in building the Alaska Railroad, but like other minorities, often faced discrimination.