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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

