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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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