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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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