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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

