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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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