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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

