Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

