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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

