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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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