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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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