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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

