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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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