Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown