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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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