Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

