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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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