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...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

