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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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