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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
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...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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