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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

