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...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

