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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

