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...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

