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...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

