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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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