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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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