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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

