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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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