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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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