Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist 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...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

