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...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City