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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

