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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

