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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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