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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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