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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

