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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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