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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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