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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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 The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

