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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

