Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

