Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

