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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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