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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

