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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

