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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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