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...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

