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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
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
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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