The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Twin Cities Area
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
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...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
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...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

