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
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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