It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

