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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

