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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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