This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

