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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill 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...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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