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...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

