Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the stateโs empire builders, St. Paulโs 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...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

