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