Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

