Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

