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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown