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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown