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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

