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...
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

