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 Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

