This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
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...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

