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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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