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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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