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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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