Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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