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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

