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...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

