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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

