It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

