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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

