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...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown