It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

