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...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...

