Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

