Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...

