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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
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...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

