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