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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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