Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

