Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

