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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

