Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

