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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

