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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

