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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
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...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

