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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In 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