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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

