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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

