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...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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