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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

