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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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