The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Twin Cities Area
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
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...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

