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...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

