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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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