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...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

