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...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

