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...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City