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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown