Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

