Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

