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...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 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...
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...

