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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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 Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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