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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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