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...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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