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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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