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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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