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Get our free mobile app The Legendary Minnesotans this week are the three teachers who invented Oregon Trail. That's a right. 3 Minnesota teachers, and Minnesota tech company, gave us one of the most beloved video games in the history of the USA. Oregon Trail It's not sexy, it's not fancy, and as you're likely to die as you are to break a wagon wheel. But for some reason, hours and hours of gameplay did nothing to dull the love of Oregon Trail. How did it come about? First, we start with the state... Minnesota was a Midwestern Silicon Valley by the early 1970s. The State of Minnesota threw hu...

McDonald's/Justin Dodd If you're celebrating a 50th birthday or anniversary this year, you're in excellent company. From the first e-mail to McDonald's Quarter Pounder, 1971 was a year full of change. Here are 50 people, places, things, and events celebrating their own 50th birthday in 2021. 1. Walt Disney World Jacqueline Nell/Disneyland Resort, Getty Images Following the success of Disneyland in Anaheim, California, Walt Disney began searching for a location for a second theme park in 1959. After Walt's death in 1966, his brother Roy O. Disney continued the search and also insisted that the...

Here’s some ridiculous math for you: 2021 marks retro-gaming classic .  50th.  That’s five decades of killing schoolchildren by way of digital dysentery (incidentally, it’s also probably around a decade longer than most who crossed the actual trail survived). To celebrate, the internet has uncovered some old videos of the game’s creators, Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger, discussing their elementary classroom creation back in 1996 on the eve of the seminal game’s 25th anniversary CD-ROM release. Check them out below for some low-res PC video goodness. “ The O...