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...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

