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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
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...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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