Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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