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...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

