This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City