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...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

