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...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

