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...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

