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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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