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...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

