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...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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