Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
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...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

