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...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown