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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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