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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
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...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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