Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

