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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn 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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

