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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown