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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

