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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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