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...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

