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...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

