Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
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...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

