Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the stateโs empire builders, St. Paulโs elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You canโt drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. Itโs located...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

