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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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