Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

