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...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown