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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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