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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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