Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...

