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

