In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286โ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

