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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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