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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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