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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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