Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

