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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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