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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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