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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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