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...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

