In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Twin Cities Area
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City