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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
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...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

