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...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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