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

