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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
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...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

