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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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