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