The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Twin Cities Area
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
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 Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

