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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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