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...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
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...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

