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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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