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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

