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...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

