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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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