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

