Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown