World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Twin Cities Area
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

