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...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

