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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

