Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

