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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

