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...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...

