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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
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...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

