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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

