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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

