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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

