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...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
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
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

