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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in 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...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

