Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

