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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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