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...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

