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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
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...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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