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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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