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...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didnโt leave behind much...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesotaโs smallest town. The 2010 census...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

