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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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