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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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