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...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

