Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

