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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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