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...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

