Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

