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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
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...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

