Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

