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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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