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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

