Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Twin Cities Area
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
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 Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

