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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
