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...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

