Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
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...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

