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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

