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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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