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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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