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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

