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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
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...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

