Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

