This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

