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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

