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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

