Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
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...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

