Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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