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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

