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...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

