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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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