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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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