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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
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...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

