The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Twin Cities Area
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
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 Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

