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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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