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...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

