This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

