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...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

