Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
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...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

