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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor 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...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

