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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

