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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

