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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

