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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

