Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

