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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston