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...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

