Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

