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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

