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...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

