Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

