This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

