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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
Old Brewery In Preston