Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

