Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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