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...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

