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...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

