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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

