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...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

