Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

