Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

