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...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

