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...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

