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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

