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...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
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...
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

