Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

