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