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