Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

