Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

