Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

