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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

