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...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

